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 The grave of Jean Giraudoux at Passy Cimetière, Paris. Picture by Androom (21 May 1999) |
Giraudoux, Jean |
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BORN 29 Oct 1882, Bellac, Haute-Vienne - DIED 31 Jan 1944, Paris GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Passy Cimetière (division 9) |
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Educated at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, the University
of Munich and at Harvard. In 1929 he became Director of Information
of France. He held the same post in the governments of Henri
and Pétain. After the First World War he became known for his
novels and in later years his plays attracted attention. Many
of these were modern treatments of ancient Greek pieces. His
last play was "La folle de Chaillot", which he completed in
1943. In 1968 his novel "La Menteuse" was discovered and it
was published posthumously. Novels: "Les Provinciales" (1909);
"Suzanne and the Pacific" (1921). Plays: "La Guerre de Troie
n'aura pas lieu" (1935); "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (1945).
Related persons • was a friend of Hasenclever, Walter Sources • Adler, Josef, Handbuch der Grabstätten, 2. Band, Die Grabstätte der Europäer, Deutsches Kunstverlag, München, 1986 |
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The grave of Jean Giraudoux at Passy Cimetière, Paris. Picture by Androom (21 May 1999) |
