"Strait Is the Gate” author André (4)

I believe the answer is:

gide

(Other definitions for gide that I've seen before include "Andre --, French writer" , "Andre -, C Nineteen-twenty French author" , "Andre -, French novelist" , "Andre -, Fr. novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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