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French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ...
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20th Century - Contemporary Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in Oïl languages (including Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. ...
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascention of Henri IV of France to the throne. ...
Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) French literature of the Seventeenth Century encompases the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (during which the civil war called the Fronde occurred...
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| | French Writers | | Chronological list
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Poets - Essayists
Short Story Writers List of French speaking authors Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987) Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948) Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867), (Les fleurs du mal, 1857) Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986) Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 - 1655) Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780...
| | France Portal | | Literature Portal | Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 - January 31, 1944) was a French dramatist who wrote internationally acclaimed plays. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ...
1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He was born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France. Haute-Vienne is a French département named after the Vienne River. ...
Giraudoux was also a prose writer and served France as a diplomat and government official. In his youth he traveled abroad, visiting Germany, Italy, the Balkans, Canada, and the United States, where he spent a year (1906-07) as an instructor at Harvard University. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...
Returning to France, he served in World War I, was twice wounded, and became the first writer ever to be awarded the wartime Legion of Honor. The 1928 meeting with Louis Jouvet stimuled its writing. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...
French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ...
Louis Jouvet (December 24, 1887 - August 16, 1951) was a French actor and producer. ...
At the start of World War II he served as Minister of Information under Premier Edouard Daladier. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the...
French politician Édouard Daladier Édouard Daladier (June 18, 1884 - October 10, 1970) was a French politician, and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War. ...
He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy, Paris, France. The Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located in 2, rue du Commandant SchÅ“lsing, in the quarter of Passy in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. ...
Works Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ...
Amphitryon, or Amphitrion, in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. ...
This article refers to the art form. ...
The Trojan war will not take place (La guerre de Troie naura pas lieu) is a play by Jean Giraudoux, 1935. ...
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