Alain Robbe-Grillet

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Born	August 18, 1922 • Brest • France
Died	February 18, 2008 (aged 85) • Caen • France
Notable Works	“The Erasers” • “Jealousy” • “L’Homme qui ment” • “L’Immortelle” • “Last Year at Marienbad” • “Le Miroir qui revient” • “Repitition” • “Toward a New Novel; Essays on Fiction” • “Trans-Europ-Express” • “Un Roman sentimental”

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Marguerite Duras

French author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Michael Crichton

American author

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

American author

Noël Coward

Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

Djebar, Assia

Assia Djebar

Algerian writer and filmmaker

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Jean Genet

Jean Genet

French writer

Marcel Paul Pagnol

French author and director

Jean Cayrol

French author

Nathalie Sarraute

French author

Claude Simon

French author

Claude Mauriac

French author

Adam, Paul

Paul Adam

French author

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

French author

Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

French author