Literary Library

Benjamin Stora

December 2, 1950 - French-Algerian historianAuthor of "Appeles en Guerre d'Algerie", "Algeria, 1830 - 2000" and "Les Trois Exils Juif D'Algerie" #...

Jacque Barzun

November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012French-American historian, writer, novelist and soldierAuthor of "The House of Intellect" (for which he was nom...

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon

September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788French naturalist, mathematician and cosmologistPublished the 36 volume edition of "Histoire Naturelle" Became t...

Francois-Rene du Chateaubriand

September 4, 1768 - July 4, 1848French writer, politician and historianAuthor of "Rene", "The Martyrs" and "Travels in America"

Eugene Ionesco

November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994Romanian-French playwright and novelistAuthor of the plays "Rhinoceros", "Exit the King" and "The Bald Soprano"N...

Jose Maria de Heredia

November 22, 1842 - October 3, 1905Cuban-born French poetHe was mostly known for his sonnets

Andre Gide

November 22, 1869 - February 19, 1951French novelistAuthor of more than books including "The Immoralist", "The Pastoral Symphony" and "The Fruits ...

Voltaire

November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778French writer, historian and philosopherAuthor of "Zadig", "Candide" and "Treatise on Tolerance"He wrote more than...

Roland Barthes

November 12, 1915 - March 26, 1980French literary theorist, philosopher and criticAuthor of "Mythologies", "The Death of the Author" and "Camera L...

Emile Gaboriau

November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873French novelist, writer and journalistAuthor of "The Clique of Gold", "Monsieur Lecoq" and "Within an Inch of...

Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux

November 7, 1619 - November 6, 1692French poet and biographerKnown for his "Historiettes", a collection of short biographies

Albert Camus

November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist and journalistAuthor of "The Myth of Sisyphus", "The...