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This is a list of
novelists from France. Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and have Wikipedia articles on them.
See also
French novelists Category Index.
Born before 1800
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Honoré d'Urfé (1568–1625)
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Charles Sorel (c. 1602–1674)
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Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701)
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Madame de Lafayette (1634–1693), author of
La Princesse de Clèves
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Alain-René Le Sage (1668–1747)
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Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763)
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Voltaire (1694–1778), philosophe, satirist, playwright, author of
Candide
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Françoise de Graffigny (1695–1758), author of
Lettres d'une Péruvienne
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Abbé Prévost (1697–1763), author of
Manon Lescaut
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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), philosophe, author of
Julie, or the New Heloise
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Denis Diderot (1713–1784), philosophe, author of
Rameau's Nephew
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Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1714–1792)
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Restif de la Bretonne (1734–1806)
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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), author of
Paul et Virginie
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Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), author of "
Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man",
Justine,
The 120 Days of Sodom,
Philosophy in the Bedroom, and
Juliette
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Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803), author of
Les Liaisons dangereuses
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817)
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Benjamin Constant (1767–1830), author of
Adolphe
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Sophie de Renneville (1772–1822), writer, editor, journalist
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François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), author of
Atala and
René
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Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770–1846)
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Charles Nodier (1780–1844)
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Stendhal (1783–1842), author of
The Red and the Black, considered by some to be the first modern novel, and
The Charterhouse of Parma
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Élise Voïart, (1786–1866), writer and translator
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Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871)
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Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872)
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Charles Dezobry (1798–1871), historian and historical novelist
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Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), author of
La Comédie Humaine, a series of novels presenting a full picture of France in the early 19th century
Born 1800–1900
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Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870), author of
The Count of Monte Cristo and
The Three Musketeers
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Victor Hugo (1802–1885), author of
The Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Les Misérables
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Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), author of
Carmen
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869)
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George Sand (1804–1876), pseudonym of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant
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Eugène Sue (1804–1857)
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Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889)
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Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)
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Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)
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Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880), author of
Madame Bovary and
Sentimental Education
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Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896)
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Henri Murger (1822–1861), author of
Scènes de la vie de bohème
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Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824–1895), author of
La Dame aux camélias
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Edmond About (1828–1885)
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Jules Verne (1828–1905), writer of
techno-thrillers like
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, and founding father of
science fiction
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Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 - 1901), novelist
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Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870)
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Hector Malot (1830–1907)
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Émile Gaboriau (1832–1873), pioneer of modern
detective fiction
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Jules Vallès (1832-1885)
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Eugène Le Roy (1836–1907)
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Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
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Émile Zola (1840–1902), naturalist, author of
Germinal and
Nana
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Anatole France (1844–1924)
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Léon Bloy (1846–1917)
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Brada (1847-1938)
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Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907), author of
À rebours and
Là-bas
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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
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Pierre Loti (1850–1923)
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Élémir Bourges (1852–1925)
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Paul Bourget (1852–1935)
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René Bazin (1853–1932)
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Adolphe Chenevière (1855–19??)
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Maurice Barrès (1862–1923)
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Henri de Régnier (1864–1936)
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Jules Renard (1864–1910)
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Mathilde Alanic (1864-1948)
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Marie Léra (1864-1958)
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Juliette Heuzey (1865-1952)
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Romain Rolland (1866–1944),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1915
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Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), author of
The Phantom of the Opera and
The Mystery of the Yellow Room which is recognized as the first
locked room puzzle mystery novel
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Gabrielle Réval (1869-1938)
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André Gide (1869–1951)
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Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963)
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Marcel Proust (1871–1922), author of
In Search of Lost Time, sometimes seen as the greatest modernist novel
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Colette (1873–1954), best known for
Gigi and
Chéri
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Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), satirist, inventor of
Pataphysics
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Fanny Clar (1875-1944)
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Louisa Emily Dobrée (fl.
c. 1877–1917)
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Roger Martin du Gard (1881–1958),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1937
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Louis Pergaud (1882–1915)
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Rose Combe (1883–1932)
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Georges Duhamel (1884–1966)
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François Mauriac (1885–1970),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1952
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Jules Romains (1885–1972)
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Alain-Fournier (1886–1914)
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Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885-1971)
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Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886-1955)
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René Maran (1887-1960)
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Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)
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Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917)
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Henri Bosco (1888–1976)
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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893–1945) , author of
Gilles and
The Fire Within
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Louis Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), author of
Journey to the End of the Night and
Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit
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Rose Celli (1895–1982)
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Henri de Montherlant (1895–1972)
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Jean Giono (1895–1970)
Born in or after 1900
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Julien Green (1900–1998)
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944)
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Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999)
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André Malraux (1901–1976)
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Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (1902-1996)
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Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942), author of
Suite française
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Raymond Queneau (1903–1976)
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Pierre Herbart (1903–1974)
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Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
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Raymond Radiguet (1903–1923)
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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1964
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Jeanine Delpech (1905-1992)
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Louise Aslanian (1906–1945), pseudonym "Las", author of "The Way of doubt".
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Pauline Réage (1907–1998)
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Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)
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Paul Berna (1908–1994)
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Alix André (1909-2000)
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Jean Genet (1910–1986)
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Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910-1994)
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Raphaël Tardon (1911-1967)
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Henri Troyat (1911–2007)
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Pierre Boulle (1912–1994), author of
The Bridge on the River Kwai and
Planet of the Apes
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Albert Camus (1913–1960),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1957
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Gilbert Cesbron (1913–1979)
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Claude Simon (1913–2005),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1985
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Romain Gary (1914–1980), winner of the
Goncourt prize twice, 1956, and 1975 under the pseudonym of
Emile Ajar
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Marguerite Duras (1914–1996)
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Joseph Zobel (1915-2006)
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Maurice Druon (1918–2009)
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Boris Vian (1920–1959)
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Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008)
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Salvat Etchart (1924-1985)
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Michel Tournier (1924-2016)
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Philippe Daudy (1925–1994)
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Michel Butor (1926-2016)
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Édouard Glissant (1928-2011)
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André Schwarz-Bart (1928-2006)
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Sébastien Japrisot (1931–2003)
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Emmanuelle Arsan (1932-2005)
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Jean Bernabé (1942-2017)
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Régine Deforges (1935-2014)
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Françoise Sagan (1935–2004)
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Georges Perec (1936–1982)
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Maryse Condé (born 1937)
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J.M.G. Le Clézio (born 1940),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2008
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Annie Ernaux (born 1940),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2022
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Marie-Reine de Jaham (born 1940)
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Patrick Modiano (born 1945),
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2014
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Daniel Maximin (born 1947)
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Raphaël Confiant (born 1951)
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Carole Achache (1952–2016)
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Kama Sywor Kamanda(born 1952)
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Patrick Chamoiseau (born 1953)
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Nancy Huston (born 1953)
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Gisèle Pineau (born 1956)
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Fred Vargas (born 1957)
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Michel Houellebecq (born 1958), Impact award winner
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960)
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Charles Dantzig (born 1961)
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Pavel Hak (born 1962)
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Beatrice Hammer (born 1963)
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Nadine Ribault (1964–2021)
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Sedef Ecer (born 1965)
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Jeanne-A Debats (born 1965)
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Basile Panurgias (born 1967)
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Fabienne Kanor (born 1970)
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Laurent Binet (born 1972)
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Maëlle Guillaud (born 1974)
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Tristan Garcia (born 1981)
See also
References
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^ Dupuy, Aimé (1951). "Rose Combe, garde-barrière et romancière". La Vie du Rail (in French): 2.
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"Maëlle Guillaud". www.lisez.com (in French). groupe Editis. Retrieved 23 December 2023.