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<div id="ainfobox"><img class="maxpicw" src="//izquotes.com/images/francois-rene-de-chateaubriand.jpg" alt="François-René de Chateaubriand" title="François-René de Chateaubriand" /><br /><div id="imgsrc">Picture Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand_by_Anne-Louis_Girodet_de_Roucy_Trioson.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></div>François-René de Chateaubriand<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=//izquotes.com/author/françois-rené-de-chateaubriand',640,460);"><img src="//izquotes.com/img/fb16.png" width="16" height="16" class="sbutton" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a><div id="ainfodata"><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Born:</b> September 4, 1768</div><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Died:</b> July 4, 1848  <span class="iage">(aged 79)</span></div><div class="tjust"><br /><b>Nationality:</b> French</div><div class="tleft"><br /><b>Occupation:</b> Politician, diplomat, writer, historian</div><div class="tjust"><br /><b>Bio:</b> François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.</div></div><div class="tagsblock"><br /><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/activists">Activists</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/authors">Authors</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/diplomats">Diplomats</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/politicians">Politicians</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/french">French</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/writer">Writer</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/historian">Historian</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/born-in-1768">Born in 1768</a></div><div class="atag"><a href="//izquotes.com/authors/search/born-on-september-4">Born on September 4</a></div></div><div class="clear"></div></div><!--/*
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