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    Charles Plisnier (13 December 1896, Ghlin – 17 July 1952, Brussels) was a Belgian writer from Wallonia. Training as a lawyer at the Free University of...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    and historian. Henri Michaux (1899–1984), poet, writer, and painter Charles Plisnier (1896–1952), Prix Goncourt (1937) Édouard Remouchamps (1836–1900),(in...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    of the conservatives," whom he deemed "as dumb and ungrateful as under Charles X," and referring to Pope Pius X's obstinacy as foolish. Proust always...
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  • The film is adapted from a series of five novels by Belgian writer Charles Plisnier, published between 1939 and 1941. It marked a rare dramatic role for...
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  • 1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    renamed officially in 2017 the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie Edmonde Charles-Roux, after a former president of the Goncourt Academy. 1980 – Jean Lacouture...
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    Beloeil). There is a Walloon Surrealism, especially in Hainaut Province. Charles Plisnier (1896–1952), born in Mons, won the Prix Goncourt in 1936, for his novel...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    Moscardelli, Italian Footballer Nicolas Neufchatel, painter (16th century) Charles Plisnier, Walloon writer, Prix Goncourt and Walloon movement activist Jan Provoost...
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    org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Charles Plisnier". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination...
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    Monte Carlo in February 1942. He left the same year to join the forces of Charles de Gaulle. Druon became aide de camp to General François d'Astier de La...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as information minister (1945–46) and subsequently as France's...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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  • Belgian novel by Charles Plisnier. It was first published by Corrêa in 1937. It received the prestigious Prix Goncourt, making Plisnier the first foreigner...
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    1993: Verlaine (Flammarion); Paul Verlaine 1994: Baudelaire (Flammarion); Charles Baudelaire 1995: Balzac (Flammarion); Honore de Balzac 1996: Raspoutine...
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  • 1943–1954 Bert Van Hoorick Edward Gierek Andrée Grandjean René Magritte Charles Plisnier Paul Nougé Marcel Levaux (1926–2006), last mayor of Cheratte (Liège...
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    1934 Roger Vercel 1935 Joseph Peyré 1936 Maxence Van der Meersch 1937 Charles Plisnier 1938 Henri Troyat 1939 Philippe Hériat 1940 Francis Ambrière 1941 Henri...
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