biography
pronunciation:
[klavel]
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| lived:
| (1920–79)
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| biography:
| French playwright, essayist, and novelist. Normalien agrégé in philosophy, his many plays include Les Incendiaires (1946) and Les Albigeois (1965). Among his novels are Une Fille pour L'eté (1957), Le Tiers de etoiles (Prix Médicis, 1972), and Ce que je crois (1975). Essay titles include Combat de Franc-Tireur pour une Libération? (1968), Dieu est Dieu, nom de Dieu (1976), and Nous l'avons tous tué ce juif de Socrate (1977). With Jean Vilar he founded the Avignon festival. He was married to the actress Sylvia Montfort. |
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