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French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)

Also known as: François De Chateaubriand, François-René de Chateaubriand, F. A. von Chateaubriand, François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, vicomte de Chateaubriand François-René

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Known works

Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1840)
Atala (1788)
Congrès de Vérone (1838)
Génie du christianisme (1822)
The genius of Christianity, or, The spirit and beauty of the Christian religion (1856)