Jean Giraudoux
French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)
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Jean Giraudoux was a French writer and diplomat who worked across multiple forms including novels, essays, and plays during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He matters because he was a significant literary and cultural figure in France during a transformative period in European history.
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Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (/ʒɪroʊˈduː/; 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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