French writer Robbe-Grillet dies
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Alain Robbe-Grillet, the French  writer who pioneered the so-called new novel genre, dies at the age of 85.
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Morocco's former interior minister, Driss Basri, who was associated with a time of repression, dies in Paris.
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Julien Gracq, a reclusive French writer known for surrealism and who famously turned down France's highest literary award, died at age 97 on Saturday.
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Pierre Berton, whose populist tales of Canadian history made him one of the country's best known writers and media personalities, has died at age of 84.
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Egypt's Naguib Mahfouz, the only Arab to have won the Nobel Prize for literature, dies in hospital in Cairo.
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Henri Troyat, one of the great figures of modern French literature and one of France's most popular biographers, has died at the age of 95, the Academie Francaise said on Monday.
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Philippe Noiret was adored in France and beyond French film star Philippe Noiret, one of the most popular and prolific actors of his generation, has died at the age of 76.Comment
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French film star Philippe Noiret, whose  trademark hangdog face delighted cinema audiences, has died,  French television said on Thursday. He was 76.
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Julien Gracq, a celebrated French writer known for surrealism and solitude and for having turned down France's top literary prize, has died, hospital officials said Sunday. He was 97.
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French philosopher Jacques Derrida, the founder of the school of deconstructionism, has died of cancer at the age of 74, France Info radio said on Saturday.
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Former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, who helped set Europe on its road to a single currency, died on Saturday. He was 83.
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French author Francoise Sagan, who shot to fame with her first novel &quot;Bonjour Tristesse&quot; at the age of 18, died on Friday, a hospital spokesman said.
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French film director Philippe de Broca, who made his name in the 1960s with comedies starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, has died at the age of 71 from cancer.
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PARIS - World renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a founder of the school of philosophy known as deconstructionism, has died, the office of French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday. Derrida was 74...
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World-renowned thinker Jacques Derrida, a charismatic philosopher who founded the school known as deconstructionism, has died, the French president&#39;s office said Saturday.
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HONFLEUR, France - Francoise Sagan, author of the best-selling 1954 novel &quot;Bonjour Tristesse&quot; about seduction and infidelity among the idle rich, died Friday.
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French philosopher Jacques Derrida, the founder of the "deconstruction theory", dies at the age of 74.