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Jean Anouilh ( 1910-06-23 – 1987-10-03 ) was a French dramatist, screenwriter and translator. Sourced When you're forty, half of you belongs to the past--and when you're seventy, nearly all of you. Time Remembered (1958) External links Wikipedia has...


Biography

Name: Jean Anouilh
Birth Date: June 23, 1910
Death Date: October 3, 1987
Place of Birth: Cérisole, France
Place of Death: Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright

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Biography of Jean Anouilh
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The French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) was an accomplished craftsman. His plays, from the frivolous and fanciful to the serious, exploit the artificiality of the theater to elucidate his views of the human predicament. Jean Anouilh was born in...


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The Boston Globe
Jean Anouilh, French Playwright
10/05/1987: 511 words, approx. 2 pages
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Playwright Jean Anouilh, one of France's most gifted and versatile dramatists, died in a Lausanne hospital on Saturday after suffering a heart attack. He was 77. French President Francois Mitterrand mourned Mr. Anouilh's death, saying in a message of condolences...
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The Washington Post
French Playwright Jean Anouilh Dies at 77
10/05/1987: 1,503 words, approx. 5 pages
Jean Anouilh, 77, one of France's greatest playwrights, who is perhaps best known for his play "Becket" and for his dramatic interpretation of classical Greek myths in such works as "Antigone," "Oreste" and "Eurydice," died Oct. 3 at a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Alba Della Fazia
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In the following essay, Fazia finds parallels between the plays of Anouilh and those of the Italian dramatist Luigi Pirandello.
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Critical Essay by Leonard Cabell Pronko
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In the excerpt below, Pronko explores Anouilh's technique of characterization, in which he mixes "characters who are often convincingly alive" with those that are symbols or general types.
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Critical Essay by Alba della Fazia
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In the following excerpt, della Fazia provides an overview of the recurring themes, situations, and concepts of Anouilh's plays.
 


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