Julien Benda

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Born	December 26, 1867 • Paris • France
Died	June 7, 1956 (aged 88) • France
Notable Works	“The Treason of the Intellectuals”

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Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Stendhal

French author

Denis Diderot

French philosopher

Marcel Proust

French writer

Germaine de Staël

French-Swiss author

André Malraux

French writer and statesman

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

French author

Romain Rolland

French writer

François Mauriac

French author

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

French author

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Benjamin Constant

French author

George Sand

French novelist

Georges Perec

French author

Jean Genet

French writer

Alain Robbe-Grillet

French author

Marguerite Duras

French author

Nathalie Sarraute

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