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Claude Simon
1913Oct, 10

Claude Simon

Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
Claude Simon (French: [simɔ̃]; 10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was a French novelist, and the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature.

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Events on 1913

  • 21Feb

    Balkan Wars

    Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • 25Jun

    Great Reunion of 1913

    American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • 3Jul

    Great Reunion of 1913

    Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • 4Jul

    Great Reunion of 1913

    President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • 16Aug

    HMS Queen Mary

    Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.