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Born September 28, 1803 • Paris • France
Died September 23, 1870 (aged 66)
Notable Works “Carmen” • “Colomba” • “Mateo Falcone”

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Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British 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
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Aymé, 1967
Marcel Aymé
French author
Roger Martin du Gard
French author
Octave Mirbeau
French author
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author
Hervieu, Paul
Paul Hervieu
French author
Jules Supervielle
French author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat