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Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

18851957

Prolific French playwright, filmmaker, and actor, known for his 115 plays and significant contributions to boulevard theatre

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Georg Lukács

Georg Lukács

18851971

Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic who developed the theory of reification and contributed to Western Marxism

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André Maurois

André Maurois

18851967

Prolific French author, biographer, historian, novelist, and critic known for his insightful works across various genres and for making complex subjects accessible

Ernst Bloch

Ernst Bloch

18851977

German Marxist philosopher known for his optimistic teleology of mankind's history and works like "THE PRINCIPLE OF HOPE"

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George de Hevesy

George de Hevesy

18851966

Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate recognized for developing radioactive tracers and co-discovering hafnium

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D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence

18851930

English writer and poet whose modernist novels, such as Lady Chatterley's Lover, sparked widespread debate and challenged societal norms regarding sexuality and industrialization

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François Mauriac

François Mauriac

18851970

French novelist, dramatist, and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1952) known for spiritual insight and artistic intensity in exploring human life

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Hermann Weyl

Hermann Weyl

18851955

German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician, and philosopher known for his association with the Göttingen tradition of mathematics