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Born October 11, 1885 • Bordeaux • France
Died September 1, 1970 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1952)
Notable Works “The Kiss to the Leper” • “Thérèse Desqueyroux” • “Vipers’ Tangle”

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