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Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat.
Born May 21st, 1914 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1980 at 66 years old in Paris (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Occupations
French Resistance fighter, aircraft pilot, diplomat, film director, novelist, screenwriter, translator, writer
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks