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Born August 23, 1908 • Kislovodsk • Russia
Died March 16, 1970 (aged 61) • Paris • France
Notable Works “L’Aveu” • “L’Invasion” • “La Parodie” • “Le Ping-pong” • “Le Professeur Taranne”
Movement / Style Theatre of the Absurd
Sacha Guitry
French dramatist
Donnay
Maurice Donnay
French dramatist
Jean Genet
Jean Genet
French writer
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher and author
Rolland
Romain Rolland
French writer
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Marguerite Duras
French author
Suzanne Lilar
Belgian author
Alfred de Musset
French author
Bernard Binlin Dadié
Ivorian author
Jules Renard
Jules Renard
French author
Tristan l'Hermite, detail of an engraving
Tristan l’Hermite
French author
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
French dramatist
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Fernando Arrabal
French author and playwright
Valentin Katayev
Soviet writer
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Russian poet
Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir Ivanovich
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Russian author and theatrical director