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French high-school biology teacher and writer Alexis Jenni, 48, who won two days ago France's top literary award, the Goncourt Prize, for his first novel, "L'art francais de la guerre" (The French Art of War), attends a conference on November 4, 2011, during an autograph signing session in a library, in Lyon, eastern France. "The French Art of War" is the adventure story, a reflection on the heritage of France's colonial history in Indochina and Algeria. AFP PHOTO JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK