biography
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Alain-Fournier, Henri
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pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier
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pronunciation:
[alĩ foornyay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1886–1914)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in La Chapelle d'Angillon, Sologne, NC France. He became a literary journalist in Paris, and was killed in the vicinity of Epargue, near Verdun, soon after the outbreak of World War 1. He left a semi-autobiographical fantasy novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913, trans The Lost Domain), now considered a modern classic. |
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