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Which author committed suicide when he was denied access at the Spanish border while fleeing the Nazis in 1940?
a. Elie Wiesel
b. Primo Levi
c. Walter Benjamin
d. Francine Prose
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Francine Prose

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born

January 01, 1947

gender

female

place of birth

United States

website

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/14648/Francine_Prose/index.aspx

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Francine Prose (born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American novelist. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1968, and received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1991. She has sat on the board of judges for the PEN/Newman's Own Award, and her novel Blue Angel, a satire about sexual harassment on college campuses, was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is now teaching at Bard College.

books by Francine Prose

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avg rating: 3.46 | 1677 ratings | 41 distinct works

	Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.72 — 453 ratings — published 2007 5 editions	my rating:
	Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.23 — 448 ratings — published 2006 5 editions	my rating:
	The Mrs. Dalloway Reader (Paperback) by Virginia Woolf, Francine Prose avg rating 3.90 — 240 ratings — published 2004 2 editions	my rating:
	The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.63 — 100 ratings — published 2003 5 editions	my rating:
	After (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.59 — 59 ratings — published 2004 5 editions	my rating:
	Guided Tours of Hell: Novellas (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.46 — 59 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating:
	Household Saints: A Novel (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.92 — 37 ratings — published 2003 7 editions	my rating:
	Primitive People: A Novel (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.40 — 30 ratings — published 2001 3 editions	my rating:
	Bigfoot Dreams (Paperback) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.68 — 22 ratings — published 1998 3 editions	my rating:
	Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles (Eminent Lives) by Francine Prose avg rating 3.43 — 23 ratings — published 2005 3 editions	my rating:

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