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Born June 6, 1740 • Paris • France
Died April 25, 1814 (aged 73) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Jean Hennuyer évêque de Lisieux” • “La Brouette du vinaigrier” • “La Destruction de la ligue” • “Le Faux Ami” • “Le Déserteur” • “Le Tableau de Paris” • “The Year 2440”
Subjects Of Study French literature • dramatic literature • tragedy

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French poet and dramatist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
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François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
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Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu
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Aubignac, engraving, 1673
François Hédelin, abbé d’Aubignac
French dramatist and critic
Jarry, drawing by F.A. Cazals, 1897
Alfred Jarry
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Robert Garnier, detail of an engraving
Robert Garnier
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Jules Lemaître
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Ducis, portrait by François Gérard
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Sedaine, engraving by P.-C. Levesque after a portrait by J.-L. David
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Catulle Mendès
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