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Born June 5, 1937 (age 89) • Oran • Algeria
Notable Works “The Book of Promethea”
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
French philosopher
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Green, Julien
Julien Green
American writer
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Monique Wittig
French writer
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
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Jean-Richard Bloch
French writer
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
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Paul Willems
Belgian author
Davies, Robertson
Robertson Davies
Canadian author
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Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
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Suzanne Lilar
Belgian author
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Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
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Maurice Druon
French author
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author