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Also Known As Auguste-Maurice Barrès
Born August 19, 1862 • France
Died December 5, 1923 (aged 61) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Le Culte du moi” • “Le Roman de l’énergie nationale” • “Les Bastions de l’Est” • “Les Déracinés” • “The Sacred Hill”
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Jean Tharaud
French writer
Ludovic Halévy
French author
Richepin, c. 1925
Jean Richepin
French author
Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
Stendhal
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French write and Nobel laureate André Gide
André Gide
French writer
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
French writer
Du Camp
Maxime Du Camp
French writer and photographer
Larbaud
Valery-Nicolas Larbaud
French author
Fromentin, Eugène
Eugène Fromentin
French painter and author
Adam, Paul
Paul Adam
French author
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
French author
Romains
Jules Romains
French author
Anatole France
Anatole France
French writer