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Anouilh, Jean 1910–1987
(Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh)
PERSONAL: Surname pronounced "Ahn-wee"; born June 23, 1910, in Bordeaux, France; died of a heart attack, October 3, 1987, in Lausanne, Switzerland; son of François (a tailor) and Marie-Magdeleine (a pianist; maiden name, Soulue) Anouilh; married Monelle Valentin (divorced); married Nicole Lancon, July 30, 1953; children: (first marriage) Catherine; (second marriage) Caroline, Nicolas, Marie-Colombe. Education: College Chaptal, baccalaureate; Sorbonne, University of Paris, law student, 1931–32.
CAREER: Writer, 1929–87. Advertising copywriter, author of publicity scripts and comic gags for films, 1929–32; secretary to theatrical company Comédie des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, 1931–32. Also directed several films in France. Military service: Served in the French Army during the 1930s.
AWARDS, HONORS: Grand Prix du Cinema Francais, 1949, for film Monsieur Vincent; Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Award and citation from the cultural division of the French Embassy, both 1955, both for Thieves' Carnival (New York production); New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best foreign play of 1956–57, and nominee for the Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Award for best play, 1957, both for Waltz of the Toreadors; nominee
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Michael Frayn
English scenarist, novelist (born 1933)
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Jean Anouilh
French playwright (1910–1987)
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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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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; French:[ʒɑ̃anuj];[a] 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.[1] 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.[2]
Life and career
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