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Date of Birth
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1900
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Place of Birth
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Charente-Maritime
(Poitou-Charentes, France)
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Nationality
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France
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Also know as
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Rene Guillot, ReneÌ Guillot
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Profession
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Author
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René Guillot was a French writer of children's books who lived, worked and travelled in French West Africa.
For his lasting contribution as a children's writer Guillot received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1964. The award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.
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