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Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910–1987)
Jean Anouilh | |
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Anouilh c. 1940 | |
| 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 |
| Spouse |
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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French:[ʒɑ̃anuj];[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, havin