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Also Known As	Marie-Françoise-Sophie Nichault de Lavalette Gay
Born	July 1, 1776 • Paris • France
Died	March 5, 1852 (aged 75) • Paris • France

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Victor Hugo

French writer

Denis Diderot

French philosopher

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Germaine de Staël

French-Swiss author

Albert Camus

French author

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan author

Yasmina Reza

French dramatist, novelist, and actress

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

Prosper Mérimée

French author

Romain Rolland

French writer

François Mauriac

French author

Jean Giraudoux

French author

Pierre Marivaux

French author

Jules Romains

French author

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

Jean Genet

French writer

Marcel Aymé

French author

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