Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 23. Juni 1910 |
Geburtsort | Bordeaux, France |
Todesort | Lausanne |
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Beschreibung | Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (French: [ʒɑ̃ anuj]; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. |
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Things are beautiful if you love them.
