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Born	October 27, 1882 • Paris • France
Died	August 5, 1939 (aged 56) • France
Notable Works	“Journal intime”

Louise Bogan, 1967

Louise Bogan

American poet and literary critic

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C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

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Iris Murdoch

British writer and philosopher

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Cesare Pavese

Italian author

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George Saintsbury

British critic and historian

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

French author

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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

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Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

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Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

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Germaine de Staël

French-Swiss author

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

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Théophile Gautier

French author

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Prosper Mérimée

French author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

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Charles Maurras

French writer and political theorist

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Benjamin Constant

French author

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Yves Bonnefoy

French author

Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Edgar Quinet

French historian and poet

Joseph-Arthur, comte de Gobineau.

Arthur de Gobineau

French diplomat, writer, and ethnologist

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Alain Robbe-Grillet

French author