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Jean Giraudoux

1882 - 1944

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Giraudoux is the 973rd most popular writer (up from 1,005th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from France (up from 1,146th in 2019) and the 141st most popular French Writer.

Jean Giraudoux is most famous for his play, "The Madwoman of Chaillot." He was a French playwright and novelist.

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Among writers, Jean Giraudoux ranks 973 out of 7,302. Before him are Frank Wedekind, Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, and Venantius Fortunatus. After him are Viktor Shklovsky, Abraham Abulafia, Sonia Rykiel, Hélène Cixous, Avienus, and Sin Saimdang.

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Among people born in 1882, Jean Giraudoux ranks 52. Before him are Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Izz ad-Din al-Qassam. After him are Aleksandra Ekster, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, August Kopff, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Yusef of Morocco, and Éamon de Valera. Among people deceased in 1944, Jean Giraudoux ranks 61. Before him are Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Florence Foster Jenkins, Leo Baekeland, Ida Tarbell, Cécile Chaminade, and Jakob von Uexküll. After him are Mildred Harris, Hans-Valentin Hube, Kasturba Gandhi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vera Menchik, and Walter Nowotny.

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Among people born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 1,126 out of 6,770. Before him are Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), and Vincent d'Indy (1851). After him are Charibert II (618), Gaston Maspero (1846), Sonia Rykiel (1930), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Louis Malle (1932), and Jean Vigo (1905).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Giraudoux ranks 141. Before him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Julien Green (1900), Jules Renard (1864), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), and Juliette Récamier (1777). After him are Sonia Rykiel (1930), Victorien Sardou (1831), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Jacques Hébert (1757), Joachim du Bellay (1522), and André Bazin (1918).

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