
Jean Anouilh
Known for
Writing
Born
June 23, 1910
Birthplace
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Died
October 3, 1987 (aged 77)
Biography
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist 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. 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.
Anouilh was born in Cérisole, a small village on the outskirts of Bordeaux, and ha...
Best known work
Filmography
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VestigesWriter
2012
You Ain't Seen Nothin' YetTheatre Play
2008
2004
2003
AntigoneWriter
2003
Don't Wake Up MadamAuthor
1991
AntigonaTheatre Play
1986
1981
1981
1979
The SavageWriter, Original Story
1975
NargesOriginal Story
1974
AntigoneWriter
1973
1973
La Nuit des roisWriter
1972
Appuntamento a SenlisWriter
1972
A Time for LovingWriter
1972
1972
OrchesterTheatre Play
1968
Romeo a JanaTheatre Play
1968
RepetitionenWriter
1967
1966
Kruté štěstíTheatre Play
1965
A Trap for CinderellaScreenplay
1964
Circle of LoveScreenplay









