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1903 – 1942Irène Némirovsky (1903-1942)Died 17 August 1942, aged 39Irène Némirovsky was a Kyiv-born French novelist of Jewish origin, known for David Golder. She was arrested in occupied France and murdered at Auschwitz. Her unfinished novel Suite française was published to wide acclaim in 2004.