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    Lucie Faure, née Meyer (6 July 1908 – 25 September 1977) was a French woman of letters, novelist and literary review director. The daughter of a merchant...
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    p. 203. Schibanoff 1996, p. 37; Lucie-Smith 1976, p. 271. Hotchkiss 2000, pp. 64–65. Lightbody 1961, p. 138 fn3; Lucie-Smith 1976, p. 269. Crane 1996,...
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  • The Prix Sainte-Beuve, established in 1946, is a French literary prize awarded each year to a writer in the categories "novels" (or "poetry") and "essays"...
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    Creation of the Municipality of Lac-à-la-Croix by the merger of the Village of Lac-à-la-Croix and the Parish of Sainte-Croix. The Municipality of Saint-Joseph-d’Alma...
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    main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both located on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 378,561 in 2024. Like the other overseas...
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit Rose Celli (1895–1982)...
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    Saint-Étienne Saint-Denis Sainte- Suzanne Sainte- Marie Saint-Benoît Saint-André Bras-Panon Salazie La Plaine-des-Palmistes Sainte-Rose Saint-Paul Le Port...
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    Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in...
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    Colette Lucie Raget, was a French actress and singer. Renard is closely associated with the titular character from the musical Irma La Douce, a role she...
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    Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (UK: /də ˈboʊvwɑːr/, US: /də boʊˈvwɑːr/; French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a...
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