Word: jouhandeau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Novelist Marcel Jouhandeau: "[In a decision like this], only one thing really matters. That is tradition. I was born in the tradition of the Catholic religion . . . and I am resigned, therefore, to being liturgically devoured by worms. Similarly, if I had died at Athens, in the 5th century before Christ, I should have been quite pleased to burn up on the funeral pyre. Even today, at Delhi, I would happily be put to ashes, with the exception of my navel, which I would voluntarily bequeath. Forgive me for not revealing to whom...
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