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Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.

Raymond Queneau

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Raymond Queneau
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1976
Died: October 25
Author
Mathematician
Novelist
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Le Havre-Marat
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All societies are historical.
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All confessions are Odysseys.
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