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Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
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culture · French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944) · playwright · screenwriter · diplomat · novelist · essayist · writer · also Jean Giraudoux, Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux, Giraudoux
Born 29 October 1882 · Died 31 January 1944 · Q309974
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2014· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: Jean Giraudoux's ONDINE Set for The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, 2/7-3/2
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1944· 3 entries
Died 1944-01-31.
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“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
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“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Toirac (1939).
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1934· 1 entry
Career landmark: Inspector general of Diplomatics and Consulars (1934–1941).
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1932· 1 entry
And was appointed as Minister of Information by Édouard Daladier in 1939
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1928· 1 entry
With Jouvet's radical streamlining of Siegfried for the stage, stimulated his writing
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1918· 1 entry
And in the subsequent inter-war period produced the majority of his writing
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1915· 1 entry
Became the first writer ever to be awarded the wartime Legion of Honour
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1912· 1 entry
Awarded Montyon Prize (1912).
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1910· 1 entry
Accepted a position with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1902· 1 entry
Awarded Concours général (1902).
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-10-29.
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