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Born January 1, 1923 • Ziguinchor • Senegal
Died June 9, 2007 or June 10, 2007 • Dakar • Senegal
Notable Works novella • “Black Docker” • “Black Girl” • “Camp de Thiaroye” • “Ceddo” • “God’s Bits of Wood” • “Guelwaar” • “Mandabi” • “Moolaadé”
Movement / Style Third Cinema

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Abdoulaye Sadji
Senegalese author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
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Miranda July
American writer, film director, and artist
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
American author
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
American writer and director
John Sayles in 2010, wearing a dark shirt and looking at the camera against a plain brown background.
John Sayles
American director, screenwriter, and actor
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Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor and director
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
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Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
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Assia Djebar
Algerian writer and filmmaker
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Antonio SkĂĄrmeta
Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
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Marcel Paul Pagnol
French author and director
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Marguerite Duras
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Cheikh Hamidou Kane
Senegalese author
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Ousmane SocĂŠ
Senegalese writer and politician
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Émile Erckmann
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Richard Matheson
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Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
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