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Also Known As Louis-Henri-Jean Farigoule
Born August 26, 1885 • France
Died August 14, 1972 (aged 86) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Dr. Knock” • “Men of Good Will”
Movement / Style Unanimism

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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
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
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Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
French author
Labiche
Eugène-Marin Labiche
French dramatist
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Ludovic Halévy
French author
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Népomucène Lemercier
French author
Chapelain, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1655
Jean Chapelain
French author
Richepin, c. 1925
Jean Richepin
French author
Aicard, Jean
Jean Aicard
French poet
Assia Djebar wearing a wide-brimmed blue hat, gold necklace, white blouse, and red jacket, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
Assia Djebar
Algerian writer and filmmaker
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan French author
Rolland
Romain Rolland
French writer
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Roger Martin du Gard
French author
Scarron, engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after a drawing by Antoine Boizot
Paul Scarron
French author
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Jean de La Taille
French author

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