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Facts

Also Known As Aimé-Fernand-David Césaire
Born June 26, 1913 ‱ Martinique
Died April 17, 2008 (aged 94) ‱ Fort-de-France ‱ Martinique
Founder LĂ©opold Senghor
Notable Works “A Season in the Congo” ‱ “The Tragedy of King Christophe”
Movement / Style Negritude

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Tchicaya U Tam’si
Congolese poet
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
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Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott
West Indian poet
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan French author
Claudel
Paul Claudel
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the MusĂ©es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Émile Verhaeren
Belgian poet
Romains
Jules Romains
French author
HĂ©bert, Anne
Anne HĂ©bert
Canadian poet and novelist
Assia Djebar wearing a wide-brimmed blue hat, gold necklace, white blouse, and red jacket, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
Assia Djebar
Algerian writer and filmmaker
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Mohammed Dib
Algerian author
Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
Antonin Artaud
French author and actor
Scarron, engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after a drawing by Antoine Boizot
Paul Scarron
French author
Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Chùteau de Versailles
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset
French author
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian-French author

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