Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh

(1910–1987) screenwriter France

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Jean Anouilh (1910–1987) was a France screenwriter.

About Jean Anouilh

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless 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.

Notable works:

Antigone: a tragedy

Awards:

Grand prix du théâtre|Prix mondial Cino Del Duca|Tony Award for Best Play|Q3405854

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