Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French: [ʒɑ̃ anuj];[1] 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue.[2] One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.[3]
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Born | Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (1910-06-23)23 June 1910 Bordeaux, France |
Died | 3 October 1987(1987-10-03) (aged 77) Lausanne, Switzerland |
Occupation | Dramatist and screenwriter |
Literary movement | Modernism |
Notable works | The Lark Becket Traveler without Luggage Antigone |
Notable awards | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca |
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