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Facts

Born June 30, 1786 • Douai • France
Died July 23, 1859 (aged 73) • Paris • France

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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, detail of a drawing by Carrière, 1823
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Marc-Antoine de Muret
French author
French writer Michel Houellebecq in 2014, wearing a dark jacket over a blue shirt, standing in front of a blue backdrop with white text and logos.
Michel Houellebecq
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Théophile Gautier
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Pierre-Jean Jouve
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Alain Chartier
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Pontus de Tyard
French poet
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Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond
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Émile Deschamps
French poet
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Pamphile Lemay
Canadian author
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Anne Hébert
Canadian poet and novelist
Christine de Pisan
Christine de Pisan
French writer
Louis-Honoré Fréchette.
Louis-Honoré Fréchette
Canadian poet
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Michel Bibaud
French-Canadian author
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Félix-Antoine Savard
Canadian author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet
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Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic

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