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Jules Vallès
Jules Vallès (10 June 1832 – 14 February 1885) was a French journalist and author.
Early life.
Vallès was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. His father was a supervisor of studies ("pion"), later a teacher, and unfaithful to Jules' mother. Jules was a brilliant student. The Revolution of 1848 in France found him participating in protests in Nantes where his father had been assigned to teach. It was during this period that he
19th-century poet and writer.
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