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French diarists

30 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abel BonnardAuthor · BooksAbel Jean Désiré Bonnard (19 December 1883 31 May 1968) was a French poet, novelist and politician.
Alexandra David-NéelAuthor · BooksAlexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer.[1]…
Alfred de VignyAuthor · BooksAlfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd viktɔʁ kɔ̃t də viɲi]; 27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and an early French Romanticist.
André GideAuthor · BooksLes caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars; sometimes published in English under the title Lafcadio's Adventures)
Edmond de GoncourtAuthor · BooksEdmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (pron; 26 May 182216 July 1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt.
Étienne Pivert de SenancourAuthor · BooksÉtienne-Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Ignace Pivert de Senancour (16 November 1770, in Paris – 10 January 1846, in Saint-Cloud) was a French essayist and philosopher, remembered primarily for his…
Germaine de StaëlAuthor · BooksAnne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (Necker; 22 April 176614 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a prominent Genevan and French novelist, woman of letters, philosopher,…
Guillaume ApollinaireAuthor · BooksGuillaume Apollinaire (born Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki;
Hervé GuibertPhotographer · PhotographyHervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer, photographer, photography critic and filmmaker.
Jean-Patrick ManchetteArtist · Comics and comic artJean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942 – 3 June 1995) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre.
Jules RenardAuthor · BooksPierre-Jules Renard (pron; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French novelist, playwright, and diarist.
Marie BashkirtsevaArtist · SculptureMarie Bashkirtseff, born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (– 31 October 1884), was an émigré artist who was born into a noble family on their estate near the city of Poltava.
Marie d'AgoultAuthor · BooksMarie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (born de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a French romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern.
Maurice de GuérinAuthor · BooksGeorges-Maurice de Guérin (4 August 181019 July 1839) was a French poet. His works were imbued with a passion for nature whose intensity reached almost to worship and was enriched by pagan…
Paul LéautaudAuthor · BooksPaul Léautaud (18 January 1872 – 22 February 1956) was a French writer and theater critic for Mercure de France, signing his often caustic reviews with the pseudonym Maurice Boissard.
Pierre de L'EstoileAuthor · BooksIllustration — Statue of Pierre de l'Estoile on the façade of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris by Martial Adolphe Thabard, 19th century
Pierre LotiPhotographer · PhotographyPierre Loti (lang; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
Pierre LouÿsPhotographer · PhotographyPierre-Félix Louÿs (lang; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings.
Simone de BeauvoirAuthor · BooksSimone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
Sławomir MrożekArtist · PaintingsSławomir Tangolo Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish playwright.
StendhalAuthor · BooksMarie-Henri Beyle (lang; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (lang), was a French writer.
Sully PrudhommeAuthor · BooksRené François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.
Valery LarbaudAuthor · BooksValery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet.

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