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Also Known As Conrad Jean Detrez
Born April 1, 1937 • Belgium
Died February 12, 1985 (aged 47) • Paris • France
Notable Works “A Weed for Burning” • “Ludo” • “Plumes du coq, Les”
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Suzanne Lilar
Belgian author
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Marie Gevers
Belgian writer
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
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André Baillon
Belgian author
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Charles Plisnier
Belgian author
Hervé Bazin, 1961
Hervé Bazin
French author
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Henry Bauchau
Belgian author
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Christian Dotremont
Belgian author
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Marcel Thiry
Belgian author
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Georges Rodenbach
Belgian poet
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Françoise Mallet-Joris
Belgian author
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Henri Michaux
French painter and poet
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Bernard Binlin Dadié
Ivorian author
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
Stendhal
French author
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera.
Marcel Proust
French writer
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
French write and Nobel laureate André Gide
André Gide
French writer

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