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There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world

Pierre Mac Orlan

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Pierre Mac Orlan
Age: 88 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 26
Died: 1970
Died: June 28
Essayist
Journalist
Lyricist
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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