Alain Robbe-Grillet: Quick Facts

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Born	August 18, 1922 • Brest • France
Died	February 18, 2008 (aged 85) • Caen • France
Notable Works	“The Erasers” • “Jealousy” • “L’Homme qui ment” • “L’Immortelle” • “Last Year at Marienbad” • “Le Miroir qui revient” • “Repitition” • “Toward a New Novel; Essays on Fiction” • “Trans-Europ-Express” • “Un Roman sentimental”

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

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Marguerite Duras

French author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

The Pope of Trash

John Waters

American director and author

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Michael Crichton

American author

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

American author

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

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Jean Genet

Jean Genet

French writer

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Marcel Paul Pagnol

French author and director

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Jean Cayrol

French author

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Nathalie Sarraute

French author

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Claude Simon

French author

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Claude Mauriac

French author

Adam, Paul

Paul Adam

French author

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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

French author and diplomat

Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

French author