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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In the men’s race, Joris Daudet of France took the lead through the first corner and held off reigning Olympic champion Niek Kimmann of the Netherlands to win his third world title.
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
“It is a marvelous library admirably arranged,” Daudet writes, “open day and night to poets, and looked after by little librarians with cymbals who make music all the time for you.”
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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