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I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.

Francoise Sagan

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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
Novelist
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
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Françoise Delphine Quoirez
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