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André Schwarz-Bart

French writer (1928–2006).

Born May 23rd, 1928 in Metz.

Died September 30th, 2006 at 78 years old in Les Abymes (surgical complications).

Occupations
French resistance fighter, novelist, writer

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.