Maurice Barrès: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Auguste-Maurice Barrès
Born	August 19, 1862 • France
Died	December 4, 1923 (aged 61) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Le Culte du moi” • “Le Roman de l’énergie nationale” • “Les Bastions de l’Est” • “Les Déracinés” • “The Sacred Hill”

Adam, Paul

Paul Adam

French author

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Jean Tharaud

French writer

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Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

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Ludovic Halévy

French author

Richepin, c. 1925

Jean Richepin

French author

Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.

Stendhal

French author

French write and Nobel laureate André Gide

André Gide

French writer

Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832

Prosper Mérimée

French author

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

French dramatist George Feydeau

Georges Feydeau

French dramatist

Du Camp

Maxime Du Camp

French writer and photographer

Larbaud

Valery-Nicolas Larbaud

French author

Fromentin, Eugène

Eugène Fromentin

French painter and author

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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

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

French author and diplomat

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Marivaux, Pierre

Pierre Marivaux

French author