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Also Known As Marguerite de Crayencour
Born June 8, 1903 • Brussels • Belgium
Died December 17, 1987 (aged 84) • Maine
Notable Works “Memoirs of Hadrian” • “The Abyss”

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Marguerite Yourcenar, 1971.
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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Colette
Colette
French writer
Simms, detail of an engraving published by Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861
William Gilmore Simms
American novelist
Petrus Borel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by C.-F. Nanteuil-Leboeuf, 1839
Petrus Borel
French author
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Jules Supervielle
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
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Romains
Jules Romains
French author
Anatole France
Anatole France
French writer
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Charles Maurras
French writer and political theorist
Duhamel
Georges Duhamel
French author
Henri de Régnier
Henri de Régnier
French poet
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Marcel Arland
French writer
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
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
Hervieu, Paul
Paul Hervieu
French author

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