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Romains

American  
[raw-man] / rɔˈmɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Jules Louis Farigoule, 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.


Romains British  
/ rɔmɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Jules (ʒyl). pseudonym of Louis Farigoule . 1885–1972, French poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel Men of Good Will (1932–46)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He wrote to the author Jules Romains, “My inner crisis consists in that I am not able to identify myself with the me of passport, the self of exile.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 6, 2017

Romains finds common ground in this polarized debate with an insight that remains perceptive.

From New York Times May 11, 2010

It has found a French satire from 1923 by Jules Romains, about a doctor who convinces a community that everyone is sick for one reason or another.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2010

Instead, excited Jules Romains forgot Whalen, launched into his own hour-long speech in French.

From Time Magazine Archive

Donogoo tonka; ou, Les miracles de la science, suivi de Le bourg regenere, par Jules Romains, pseud. © 5Nov30; AF9958.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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