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Born	February 7, 1906 • Algeria
Died	April 16, 1962 (aged 56) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“L’Éternel Jugurtha”
Notable Family Members	sister Marguerite Taos Amrouche

Malek Haddad

Algerian poet

Nabile Farès

Algerian writer

Assia Djebar

Algerian writer and filmmaker

Mohammed Dib

Algerian author

Rachid Boudjedra

Algerian writer

Kateb Yacine

Algerian author

Jean Sénac

Algerian poet

Henri Kréa

Algerian-French author

Marguerite Taos Amrouche

Algerian singer and writer

Mouloud Feraoun

Algerian novelist

Mouloud Mammeri

Algerian author

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

Paul Valéry

French critic and poet

Alain Mabanckou

Congolese author

Jean Cayrol

French author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Michel Butor

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Johann Christoph Gottsched

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