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Born February 20, 1888 • Paris • France
Died July 5, 1948 (aged 60) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Notable Works “A Diary of My Times” • “Dialogues des Carmélites” • “Plea for Liberty” • “The Diary of a Country Priest”

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