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Alfred de Vigny
1863Sep, 17

Alfred de Vigny

Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (27 March 1797 – 17 September 1863) was a French poet and early French Romanticist. He also produced novels, plays, and translations of Shakespeare.

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