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Also Known As Fatma-Zohra Imalhayène • Fatima-Zohra Imalayan
Born August 4, 1936 • Iol • Algeria
Died February 6, 2015 (aged 78) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Les Alouettes naïves” • “Les Impatients” • “Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua” • “The Children of the New World”

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Assia Djebar wearing a wide-brimmed blue hat, gold necklace, white blouse, and red jacket, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
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Richepin, c. 1925
Jean Richepin
French author
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Mohammed Dib
Algerian author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
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Kateb Yacine
Algerian author
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Henri Kréa
Algerian-French author
Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, writer, and comedian
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Marcel Paul Pagnol
French author and director
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Marguerite Duras
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Romains
Jules Romains
French author
Chapelain, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1655
Jean Chapelain
French author
Aicard, Jean
Jean Aicard
French poet
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Emmanuel Roblès
Algerian-French author
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Mouloud Mammeri
Algerian author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author

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