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          5. Philippe Jullian

          Philippe Jullian

          Born11 July 1919
          Bordeaux, France
          Died25 September 1977(1977-09-25) (aged 58)
          Paris, France
          Occupationwriter, illustrator
          LanguageFrench
          NationalityFrench
          Period20th century
          GenreBiography, fiction, art history, autobiography
          RelativesCamille Jullian (grandfather)

          Philippe Jullian (real name: Philippe Simounet; 11 July 1919 – 25 September 1977) was a French illustrator, art historian, biographer, aesthete, novelist and dandy.

          Early life

          Jullian was born in Bordeaux in 1919. His maternal grandfather was the historian Camille Jullian, known for his multi-volume history of Gaul; his mother had married a man named Simounet, a war veteran whose life ended in poverty and whose name Philippe rejected in favour of his more distinguished grandfather's.[1]

          Jullian studied literature at university but left to pursue drawing and painting.

          In his later years, he resided in England but r