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Facts

Born October 30, 1762 • Istanbul • Turkey
Died July 25, 1794 (aged 31) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members brother Marie-Joseph de Chénier

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André de Chénier, oil painting by François Thomise, 1784; in Béziers Museum, France
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Victor Hugo
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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
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French writer
Jean de La Fontaine, oil painting by François De Troy; in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva
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French poet
François Villon
François Villon
French poet
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
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Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
Paul Verlaine
French poet
Paul Valéry.
Paul Valéry
French critic and poet
Alphonse Daudet
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French author
Ronsard, portrait after an engraving by L. Gaultier, 1557
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Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891.
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Jean Cocteau, 1939.
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