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Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Pierre Corneille

French poet and dramatist

Pierre Marivaux

French author

Jean de La Taille

French author

Népomucène Lemercier

French author

Jacques Grévin

French author

Émile Augier

French dramatist

Molière

French dramatist

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Jules Romains

French author

Robert Garnier

French dramatist

Eugène-Marin Labiche

French dramatist

Ludovic Halévy

French author

Jean-François Ducis

French dramatist

Florent Carton Dancourt

French author

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French author

Philippe Fabre d’Églantine

French dramatist

Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin

French author

Marc-Antoine de Muret

French author

Théophile de Viau

French author