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List of French novelists
This is a list of novelists from France . Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have Wikipedia articles on them.
Edmond About , (1828 -1885 )
Honoré de Balzac , (1799-1850), author of La Comedie Humaine , a series of novels presenting a full picture of France in the early 19th century
Henri Bordeaux , (1870-1963)
Pierre Boulle , (1912-1994), author of The Bridge on the River Kwai Planet of the Apes Albert Camus , (1913-1960)
Louis Ferdinand Céline , (1894-1961), Death on the Installment Plan or Mort á Credit .
Gilbert Cesbron , (1913-1979)
Colette , (1873-1954), best known for "Gigi " and "Cheri "
Alphonse Daudet , (1840-1897)
Régine Deforges
Denis Diderot , (1713-1784)
Alexandre Dumas , (1802-1870), perhaps more movies have been made from his novels than any other; The Count of Monte Cristo films were first made.
André Gide , (1869-1951)
Michel Houellebecq , Impact award winner
Joris-Karl Huysmans , (1848 -1907 ), novelist of the perverse
Gustave Flaubert , (1821-1880)
Victor Hugo , (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Les Misérables Nancy Huston , (1953 - )
Alain-René Le Sage , (1668-1747)
Alfred Jarry , (1873-1907), satirist, inventor of Pataphysics
Choderlos de Laclos
Hector Malot , (1830-1907)
Andre Malraux , (1901-1976)
Alma Marceau
Georges Perec , (1936-1982)
Abbé Prévost
Marcel Proust , (1871-1922)
François Rabelais , (ca. 1493-1553)
Pauline Réage
Jean-Jacques Rousseau , (1712-1778)
Marquis de Sade , (1740-1814), Mr. Eponym
Françoise Sagan
Georges Sand
Jean-Paul Sartre , (1905-1980), existentialist
Stendhal , (1783-1842), author of The Red and the Black Jules Verne , (1828-1905), writer of techno-thrillers, and founding father of science fiction .
Boris Vian , (1920-1959)
Voltaire , (1694-1778), satirist, playwright
Emile Zola , (1840-1902), naturalist
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