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Also Known As Michel Édouard Tournier
Born December 19, 1924 • Paris • France
Died January 18, 2016 (aged 91) • France
Awards And Honors Prix Goncourt (1970)
Notable Works “Friday; or, the Other Island” • “Gemini” • “The Four Wise Men” • “The Ogre”
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André Malraux, 1967.
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Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Patrick Modiano
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Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
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Marguerite Duras
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Romain Gary
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Duhamel
Georges Duhamel
French author
Schwarz-Bart, 1959
André Schwarz-Bart
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Barbusse, 1935
Henri Barbusse
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Marcel Arland
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Maurice Charles Louis Genevoix
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Jacques Borel
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Daoud, Kamel
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Charles Plisnier
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Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
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Émile Erckmann
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