Jean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French: [ʒɑ̃ anuj];[1] 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist. Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone.[2]
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| Born | Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh 23 June 1910 Bordeaux, France |
| Died | 3 October 1987 (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 Anouilh Media
The Lycée Chaptal, at the corner of rue de Rome and the boulevard des Batignolles
The grave of Anouilh, his eldest daughter Catherine (1934-1989) and his last partner Ursula Wetzel (1938-2010) at the cemetery of Pully near Lausanne.
References
- ↑ Not, as often mispronounced, French pronunciation: [anwi].
- ↑ Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Arts. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 18. ISBN 978-0198691372.