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Born August 16, 1895 • Corfu • Greece
Died October 17, 1981 (aged 86) • Geneva • Switzerland
Notable Works theatrical production
Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, père
French author [1802–1870]
François Le Métel, seigneur de Boisrobert
French dramatist
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author
portrait of Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël
French-Swiss author
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
Robert Guy Choquette
Canadian writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
French philosopher
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
French author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher and author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
French author
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Colette
Colette
French writer
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan author
God of Carnage
Yasmina Reza
French dramatist, novelist, and actress