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Also Known As Jean Marcel Bruller
Born February 26, 1902 • Paris • France
Died June 10, 1991 (aged 89) • Paris • France
Notable Works “The Silence of the Sea”
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
French author
Colette
Colette
French writer
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author
Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, père
French author [1802–1870]
Georges Perec
French author
Pierre Boulle
French author
Drieu La Rochelle, 1934
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
French writer
Léon Daudet
Léon Daudet
French journalist and author
Du Camp
Maxime Du Camp
French writer and photographer
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author
Maurice Charles Louis Genevoix
French writer
Albert Cohen
Greek-born French-Jewish author and diplomat
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American author
Frank Sargeson
New Zealand writer
Leslie Marmon Silko
American author
Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand author
Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou
Congolese author
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
American author
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
American author and critic
Chaim Grade
Yiddish author