Curated category
20th-century French male writers
- André BretonAndré Robert Breton was born on the 19th of February 1896 in Tinchebray, a small town in Normandy. His father Louis-Justin worked as a policeman while his…
- Roman PolanskiRoman Polanski was born on the 18th of August 1933 in Paris. His family moved back to Kraków, Poland, in early 1937. Two years later, Nazi Germany invaded…
- Marcel DuchampHenri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was born on the 28th of July 1887 in Rouen, France. He grew up in a household where art was not merely a hobby but a family…
- Albert CamusAlbert Camus was born on the 7th of November 1913 in Mondovi, a working-class town in French Algeria, to a mother who was deaf and illiterate and a father he…
- Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard was born on the 3rd of December 1930 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. His father Paul Godard worked as a Swiss physician while his mother…
- Alfred CobbanAlfred Bert Carter Cobban entered the world on the 24th of May 1901 in London. He attended Latymer Upper School before moving to Gonville and Caius College…
- Claude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-Strauss was born on the 28th of November 1908 in Brussels. His parents were French Jews who had moved there for his father's work as a portrait…
- Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches on the 27th of May 1894 in Courbevoie, a suburb just outside Paris.
- Jean AnouilhJean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was born on the 23rd of June 1910 in Cérisole, a small village near Bordeaux. His father François worked as a tailor and…
- Jean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux entered the world on the 29th of October 1882 in Bellac, a small town in Haute-Vienne. His father Léger worked for the Ministry of…
- Georges BatailleGeorges Bataille was born on the 10th of September 1897 in Billom, a small town in the Auvergne region. His father Joseph-Aristide worked as a tax collector…
- Henri PoincaréOn the 29th of April 1854, Jules Henri Poincaré was born in the Cité Ducale neighborhood of Nancy. His early years were marked by a severe illness that left…
- Louis AlthusserLouis Pierre Althusser was born on the 16th of October 1918 in Birmendreïs, a small town near Algiers in French Algeria.
- Raymond QueneauRaymond Auguste Queneau entered the world on the 21st of February 1903 at 47, rue Thiers in Le Havre. He was the only child born to Auguste Queneau and…