Jean Giraudoux
1882 – 1944 · aged 62
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)
- Born
- 29 Oct 1882 · Bellac
- Died
- 31 Jan 1944 · Paris
Life timeline
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- 29 Oct 1882BornBorn in Bellac
- 1902AwardConcours général
- 1912AwardMontyon Prize
- 1919AwardMontyon Prize
- 1934 – 1941RoleInspector general of Diplomatics and Consulars
- 1939AwardPrix Toirac
- 31 Jan 1944DiedDied in Paris
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1882 – 1944).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
Biography
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (French: [ipɔlit ʒɑ̃ ʒiʁodu]; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. Giraudoux's dominant theme is the relationship between man and woman—or in some cases, between man and some unattainable ideal.
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