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I suspect this is the person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Gi...
Yes, I remember reading that play in at least one college French course ... along with others of Giraudoux.
The wikipedia link is fine; Giradoux had a broad life and diverse work. But for Americans he is know mostly as a playwright and is best known for "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (another delightful fantasy) and "Tiger at the Gates" (an anti-war play revived during the Vietnam war).
I do remember that "Tiger at the Gates" in the original French is "La guerre de Troi n'aura pas lieu" which translates as "The Trojan War Will Not Take Place."
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Yes, I remember reading that play in at least one college French course ... along with others of Giraudoux.
The wikipedia link is fine; Giradoux had a broad life and diverse work. But for Americans he is know mostly as a playwright and is best known for "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (another delightful fantasy) and "Tiger at the Gates" (an anti-war play revived during the Vietnam war).
I do remember that "Tiger at the Gates" in the original French is "La guerre de Troi n'aura pas lieu" which translates as "The Trojan War Will Not Take Place."
