Daudet
Americannoun
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Alphonse 1840–97, French novelist and short-story writer.
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his son Léon 1867–1942, French journalist and novelist.
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Daudet, the 2011 and 2106 world champ, has been on the comeback from a February crash that left him with a broken collarbone.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
In the first, 1,397 people wrestled with an excerpt from a short story by 19th Century author Alphonse Daudet.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Stranger still, Proust even fought a duel with the journalist Jean Lorrain for saying he was involved with Lucien Daudet.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013
Come and read Daudet to me while I sew.’”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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