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François René Chateaubriand Vicomte de



Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de (1768–1848), French writer and diplomat, a founder of the Romantic movement in 19th-century French literature. His works include the North American romance Atala (1801), René (1802), and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50).



See also: French language.

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