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Also Known As Gérard Labrunie
Born May 22, 1808 • Paris • France
Died January 26, 1855 (aged 46) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Aurelia” • “The Chimeras” • “Voyage en Orient”

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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
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French author
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French author and actor
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French writer and photographer
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