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Edmond de Goncourt

Edmond de Goncourt

He was a French writer whose family came from Goncourt in Haute-Marne. He wrote part of his work in collaboration with his brother, Jules de Goncourt....

René Goscinny

René Goscinny

He was a screenwriter and comic book editor. Mainly famous for being the co-author of the adventures of Asterix.

Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq

He is a French poet, novelist and essayist. His novels Extending the battlefield, Elementary particles and Platform became milestones of the new Frenc...

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French Romantic poet, playwright, and writer, a leading reference in the French language. He was also a committed and influential politician and intel...

Christian Jacq

Christian Jacq

Christian Jacq is an Egyptian and a French fiction writer. Doctorate in Egyptian in La Sorbonne, he is a great expert in the time of Pharaoh Ramses II...

Agota Kristof

Agota Kristof

Agota Kristof was a Hungarian writer, who lived in Switzerland and wrote her works in French.

Dominique Lapierre

Dominique Lapierre

French writer, author of several bestsellers, some of them in collaboration with Larry Collins. Between 1954 and 1967 he was a reporter for the magazi...

Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre

French writer and screenwriter, winner of the 2013 Goncourt Award with his novel "See you up there.".

Frédéric Lenormand

Frédéric Lenormand

Escritor francés nacido en París en 1964, reconocido por sus novelas históricas y policíacas. Combina rigor histórico, misterio y humor. Ha recibido e...

Jonathan Littell

Jonathan Littell

French-American writer. Her novel "Las bendivolas" ("Les bienveillantes") was awarded the 2006 Goncourt Prize and the Grand prix du roman de l'Académi...

Patrick Modiano

Patrick Modiano

French novelist, Nobel winner, known for 'Street of the Dark Shops'.

Maurice de Bévère Morris

Maurice de Bévère Morris

Maurice de Bévère, known as Morris, was a Belgian comic artist. Morris is considered one of the most notable Belgian historians of the 20th century.

Guillaume Musso

Guillaume Musso

He is one of the most read authors in France with almost twenty titles behind his back.

Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault

He was a French writer, mainly recognized for having given literary form to classic children's stories such as Asno Skin, Pulgarcito, Blue Barba, Cind...

Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

French writer, known for his monumental work "In search of lost time.".

Jean-Christophe Rufin

Jean-Christophe Rufin

Médico, diplomático, humanitario y escritor francés. Fue pionero del movimiento humanitario francés y ha desempeñado cargos diplomáticos, además de de...

marquis de Sade

marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known for his title as Marquis de Sade, was a French writer, essayist and philosopher, author of numerous w...

Antoine Saint-Exupéry (de)

Antoine Saint-Exupéry (de)

Antoine Marie Jean- Baptiste Roger, Count of Saint- Exupéry, known as Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, was a French aviator and writer, author of the famous...

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and novelist, known for "La nausea" and "El ser y la nada.".

Henri Beyle Stendhal

Henri Beyle Stendhal

He was a French writer, valued for his acute analysis of the psychology of his characters and for the concision of his style, he is considered one of ...

Pierre Szalowski

Pierre Szalowski

Pierre Szalowski is a Canadian writer and novelist. In 2009 he won the Grand Prix of the Relève littéraire Archambault.