Michel Houellebecq

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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Also Known As	Michel Thomas
Born	February 26, 1956 or February 26, 1958 • Réunion • France
Awards And Honors	Prix Goncourt (2010)
Notable Works	“Anéantir” • “Public Enemies” • “Submission” • “The Elementary Particles” • “The Map and the Territory” • “The Possibility of an Island” • “Whatever”

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Théophile Gautier

French author

Pierre-Jean Jouve

French author

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan author

Barbusse, 1935

Henri Barbusse

French author

Hébert, Anne

Anne Hébert

Canadian poet and novelist

Christine de Pisan

Christine de Pisan

French writer

Félix-Antoine Savard

Canadian author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.

Stendhal

French author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

French write and Nobel laureate André Gide

André Gide

French writer

Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.

Paul Verlaine

French poet

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Colette

Colette

French writer

God of Carnage

Yasmina Reza

French dramatist, novelist, and actress

Rolland

Romain Rolland

French writer

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Romains

Jules Romains

French author

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