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Marc Dugain (born 1957) is a French novelist and film director, best known for La Chambre des Officiers (English, The Officers' Ward) (1999), a novel set in World War I.

Dugain was born in Senegal and studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble. He worked in finance, created a financial engineering company and was also a teacher and lecturer in finance at Emlyon Business School · .

His prize-winning first novel was made into a successful film in 2001.

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