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Which writer is French?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 158
Quel écrivain est français ?
Which writer is French?
Answer. For example Victor Hugo, Moliere, Jean de La Fontaine, Albert Camus or Baudelaire.
Par exemple Victor Hugo, Molière, Jean de La Fontaine, Albert Camus ou Baudelaire.
The ministry does not publish the answer choices. The official fact sheets mention Moliere, La Fontaine, Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus and Marguerite Yourcenar.
The official text that proves it
« La France est mondialement connue pour sa littérature. Plusieurs personnes françaises ont remporté le prix Nobel de littérature (André Gide, Albert Camus, Annie Ernaux…). »
France is world renowned for its literature. Several French people have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (Andre Gide, Albert Camus, Annie Ernaux and others).
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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