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For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help me to go beyond them.

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Frantz Fanon
Age: 36 †
Born: 1925
Born: July 20
Died: 1961
Died: December 6
Essayist
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Fort of France
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