Raymond Radiguet was a French

France

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 author

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 whose two novels were noted for their explicit themes and writing style and tone.
Radiguet was born in Saint-Maur

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

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, Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne

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 close to Paris

Paris

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, the son of a caricaturist. In 1917 he moved to the city. Soon he would drop out of the Lycée Charlemagne

Lycée Charlemagne

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, where he studied, in order to pursue his interests in journalism

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 and literature

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. He associated himself with the Modernist set, befriending Picasso, Max Jacob

Max Jacob

Max Jacob was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.-Life and career:After spending his childhood in Quimper, Brittany, France, he enrolled in the Paris Colonial School, which he left in 1897 for an artistic career...

, Jean Hugo

Jean Hugo

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, Juan Gris

Juan Gris

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 and especially Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...

, who became his mentor.