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Born June 5, 1937 (age 87) • Oran • Algeria
Notable Works “The Book of Promethea”
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
French philosopher
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Green, Julien
Julien Green
American writer
Monique Wittig
French writer
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
Jean-Richard Bloch
French writer
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Davies, Robertson
Robertson Davies
Canadian author
Paul Willems
Belgian author
Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Suzanne Lilar
Belgian author
Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author