Honoré d’ Urfé

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Born	February 10, 1567 or February 11, 1567 • Marseille • France
Died	June 1, 1625 • Villefranche-sur-Mer • France

François Rabelais

French author

François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

French archbishop and writer

Hélène Cixous

French author

Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin

French author

Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

French author

Jean d’Outremeuse

medieval French author

Jean Tharaud

French writer

Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

Jules Goncourt

French author

Edmond Goncourt

French author

Émile Erckmann

French author

Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

French author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Molière

French dramatist

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher and author

Michel de Montaigne

French writer and philosopher

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Victor Hugo

French writer

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