“the true French theatre is the only one that is not gloomy, in which we laugh like men at war with our misery and our horror. This humor is one of France”
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Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh 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 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than…
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culture · French playwright (1910–1987) · playwright · screenwriter · writer · director · also Jean Anouilh, Anouilh
Born 23 June 1910 · Died 3 October 1987 · Q179025
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2012· 1 entry
The Nobel Records were opened after 50 years and it was revealed that Anouilh was among a shortlist of authors considered for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, along with John Steinbeck (winner), Robert Graves, Lawrenc
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1987· 3 entries
Died 1987-10-03.
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“Le célibataire, répondit-il, vit comme un roi et meurt comme un chien; l'homme marié vit comme un chien et meurt comme un roi”
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“Se Deus quisesse que o amor fosse eterno, teria feito que se mantivessem as condições do desejo.”
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Grand prix du théâtre (1980).
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Anouilh was the first recipient of the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie française established that year
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1970· 2 entries
Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1970).
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His work was recognized with the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Play (1961).
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1960· 1 entry
Meaning that France was well represented on the roster of winners, and Svenska Dagbladet reveals that Jean-Paul Sartre, who won the prize in 1964, was starting to be seriously considered as a candidate
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1946· 1 entry
"I do not have a biography and I am very happy about it
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1937· 1 entry
With Le voyageur sans bagage (Traveller Without Luggage)
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1934· 1 entry
Who followed the pair into theatre work at an early age
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1932· 1 entry
And Mandarine in 1933, both produced by Aurélien Lugné-Poe, an innovative actor and stage manager who was then head of the Théâtre de l'Œuvre
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1918· 1 entry
The family moved to Paris where the young Anouilh received his secondary education at the Lycée Chaptal
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1910· 1 entry
Born 1910-06-23.
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