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The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Andreï Makine

Born: September 10, 1957 (age 67)
Bio: Andreï Sergeyevich Makine is a Russian-born French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis.
Known for:
- Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995)
- Once Upon the River Love (1998)
- The Woman Who Waited (2006)
- A Life's Music (2002)
- The Life of an Unknown Man (2010)