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born: 6/18/1903
died: 12/12/1923
born as: Raymond Radiguet

French novelist and poet who at the age of 17 wrote the masterpiece Le Diable au corps(1923; The Devil in the Flesh), which remains a unique expression of the leading figures in the Dadaist and Cubist circles, especially Jean Cocteau, whose protege he became. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature