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Jean Giraudoux


Born
in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France
October 29, 1882

Died
January 31, 1944


Greek mythology or Biblical stories base dramas, such as Electra (1937), of French writer Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux, who also wrote several novels. He fathered Jean-Pierre Giraudoux.

People consider this French novelist, essayist, diplomat. and playwright among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. They note his work for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. The relationship between man and woman or some unattainable ideal in some cases dominates themes of Giraudoux .

Léger Giraudoux, father of Jean Giraudoux, worked for the ministry of transport. Giraudoux studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux and upon graduation traveled extensively in Europe. After his return to France in 1910 ...more

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La guerre de Troie n'aura p...
3.77 avg rating — 4,186 ratings — published 1935 — 185 editions
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Electre
3.56 avg rating — 1,165 ratings — published 1937 — 39 editions
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Ondine
3.81 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 1938 — 47 editions
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
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Intermezzo
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Suzanne et le Pacifique
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سواد عينيها
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“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”
― Jean Giraudoux, Amphitryon 38
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“Only the mediocre are always at their best. ”
― Jean Giraudoux
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“Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.”
― Jean Giraudoux
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