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French male novelists

  • Jules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was born on the 8th of February 1828 on Île Feydeau in Nantes. This small artificial island sat within the river Loire before it was…
  • Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert entered the world on the 12th of December 1821 within a hospital in Rouen. His father Achille-Cléophas Flaubert served as the senior surgeon…
  • Denis DiderotDenis Diderot was born on the 5th of October 1713 in the city of Langres. His father Didier worked as a cutler and his mother Angélique Vigneron supported…
  • Victor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was born on the 26th of February 1802 in Besançon, a city in eastern France. His father Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo served as a general…
  • Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie entered the world on the 24th of July 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts, France. His father was Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a…
  • MontesquieuCharles Louis de Secondat entered the world on the 18th of January 1689 at the Château de la Brède. This estate sat south of Bordeaux in southwest France.
  • André GideAndré Paul Guillaume Gide was born in Paris on the 22nd of November 1869 into a middle-class Protestant family. His father Jean Paul Guillaume Gide served as…
  • Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches on the 27th of May 1894 in Courbevoie, a suburb just outside Paris.
  • François RabelaisThe estate of La Devinière in Seuilly, near Chinon, stands as the likely birthplace of François Rabelais. Most scholars accept 1483 as his year of birth…
  • 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…
  • StendhalMarie-Henri Beyle arrived in the world on the 23rd of January 1783 within the city of Grenoble. He entered a household defined by his father Chérubin Beyle…
  • 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…
  • Éric RohmerJean Marie Maurice Schérer was born on the 21st of March 1920 in Nancy, France. He adopted the pseudonym Éric Rohmer from two famous artists: Erich von…