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    What famous French poet, born in Italy of a Polish mother, died not of wounds, but of Spanish flu two days before the end of the First World War?

    Question #101510. Asked by flem-ish. (Dec 06 08 3:04 PM)


    Boycie75

    		Guillaume Apollinaire.
    Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a French poet, writer, and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother.
    Two years after being wounded in World War I, he died at age 38 of the Spanish flu during the pandemic.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Apollinaire



    Dec 06 08, 4:17 PM

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