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Pierre Benoit

Died in 1962

Pierre Benoit was born in Albi on 16 July 1886, the son of an officer, and spent his childhood in Algeria and Tunisia, following his father's postings. After studying law and literature and doing military service in North Africa, he entered the civil service and worked at the Ministry of Public Instruction. He then published a novel almost every year and gave all his heroines a first name beginning with the letter A. Elected to the Académie française on 11 June 1931, he died in Ciboure on 3 March 1962.

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