Dufresne, Claude

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Name (Latin)
Dufresne, Claude
Date of birth
1920-08-09
Date of death
2011-10-04
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 215444354
Wikidata: Q21666181
Library of congress: n 82056574
Sources of Information
  • Rys, J. H. Colorado, 1951
Wikipedia description:

Claude Dufresne (1920 – 2011) was a French writer, best known as the author of numerous historical biographies. He won many prizes among them the Prix Goncourt for biography. Among his subjects were Ninon de Lenclos, Anne de Bretagne, Francois I, George Sand, Balzac, Chopin, Morny, Bernard Blier, Hortense Schneider, the Marquise de Sevigne, Marie Antoinette, Marie Walewska, Jacques Offenbach, Luis Mariano, Tristan Bernard, Berlioz, Mistinguette, etc. He was also a well-known playwright and librettist for the stage.

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