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Paul Claudel

1868 – 1955 · aged 87

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

Born
6 Aug 1868 · Villeneuve-sur-Fère
Died
23 Feb 1955 · Paris

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 6 Aug 1868BornBorn in Villeneuve-sur-Fère
  2. 1913AwardPrix Narcisse Michaut
  3. 1921 – 1927RoleAmbassador of France to Japan
  4. 1926 – 1933RoleAmbassador of France to the United States
  5. 1928AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
  6. 1933 – 1935RoleAmbassador of France to Belgium
  7. 1946 – 1955RoleMember of the Académie française
  8. 1948 – 1955RolePresident
  9. 23 Feb 1955DiedDied in Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1868 – 1955).

  1. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  2. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  3. 1898Spanish–American War
  4. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  5. 1914 – 1918World War I
  6. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  7. 1917Balfour Declaration
  8. 1917February Revolution
  9. 1917October Revolution
  10. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  11. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  12. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  13. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  14. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  16. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  17. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1938Munich Agreement
  19. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  20. 1939 – 1945World War II
  21. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  22. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  23. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  24. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  25. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  26. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  27. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  28. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  30. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  31. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War

Biography

Paul Claudel (French: [pɔl klodɛl]; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He is most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism, and for institutionalizing his sister.

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