Aimé Césaire

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Also Known As	Aimé-Fernand-David Césaire
Born	June 26, 1913 • Martinique
Died	April 17, 2008 (aged 94) • Fort-de-France • Martinique
Founder	Léopold Senghor
Notable Works	“A Season in the Congo” • “The Tragedy of King Christophe”
Movement / Style	Negritude

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Congolese poet

Jean Racine

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Pierre Corneille

French poet and dramatist

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan author

Claudel

Paul Claudel

French author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

Romains

Jules Romains

French author

Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott

West Indian poet

Hébert, Anne

Anne Hébert

Canadian poet and novelist

Djebar, Assia

Assia Djebar

Algerian writer and filmmaker

Mohammed Dib

Algerian author

Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu

Antonin Artaud

French author and actor

Scarron, engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after a drawing by Antoine Boizot

Paul Scarron

French author

Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Château de Versailles

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French author

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Italian-French author

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