French author

Gallic literary figure

A French author is a writer from France or one who writes in the French language.

The phrase appears in attributive contexts identifying nationality: French author Victor Hugo, French author Simone de Beauvoir.

It functions as a descriptor rather than a title.

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Marcel Proust · Simone de Beauvoir · Symbolism · Émile Zola · Jean-Paul Sartre · Alexandre Dumas · Albert Camus · The Stranger · Left Bank · café culture · Charles Baudelaire · World War I · Négritude · Les Misérables · Enlightenment · Age of Enlightenment · Modernism · Académie française

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nationality/cultural origin

French authorBritish author

Writer from Britain

American author · English author · German author · Russian author · Japanese author

creative role

French authorFrench composer

Music creator from France

Family

French, Frenchman, Frenchmen, Frenchwoman, Frenchwomen, author, authors, authorship, authored

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