Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Crébillon fils
Born	February 14, 1707 • Paris • France
Died	April 12, 1777 (aged 70) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members	father Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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Edmond Goncourt

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Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

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Émile Erckmann

French author

Maurice Druon

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Jérôme Tharaud

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Jean Tharaud

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Victor Hugo

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Stendhal

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Honoré de Balzac

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Denis Diderot

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Émile Zola

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Gustave Flaubert

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Marcel Proust

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Guy de Maupassant

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André Gide

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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