Pierre Mertens

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9 American Countercultural Books

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

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6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

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What If the President Is Impeached?

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

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Why Do Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket?

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Born	October 9, 1939 (age 85) • Brussels • Belgium
Notable Works	“Les Bons Offices”

Paul Willems

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Henry Bauchau

Belgian author

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Samuel Beckett

Irish author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Albert Camus

French author

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832

Prosper Mérimée

French author

Marcel Aymé

French author

Roger Martin du Gard

French author

Bernard Binlin Dadié

Ivorian author

Octave Mirbeau

French author

Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

Jean-François Marmontel

French author

Tchicaya U Tam’si

Congolese poet

Paul Hervieu

French author

Djibril Tamsir Niane

Guinean historian and writer

Jules Supervielle

French author

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

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