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Literature and arts Citizenship: France Clear all

6 people

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Olympe de Gouges Olympe de Gouges Writer who demanded women’s civil and political rights Literature and arts · Independent activity 1748–1793
Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David Neoclassical painter of the French Revolution Literature and arts · French First Republic state institutions 1748–1825
Eugène Pottier Eugène Pottier Textile designer and poet, a member of the Commune, who wrote the words of “The Internationale” in hiding after Bloody Week Literature and arts · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1816–1887
Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet Realist painter who led the Commune’s Federation of Artists and went into Swiss exile blamed for the Vendôme Column Literature and arts · Independent activity 1819–1877
Léon Daudet Léon Daudet The voice of Action Française, the polemicist who pushed a scandal from the page into the street day after day Literature and arts 1867–1942
Aimé Césaire Aimé Césaire Co-founder of Négritude, pioneering critic of colonialism Literature and arts · French Communist Party (PCF) 1913–2008