Jean Giraudoux

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright.Brockett, Oscar. History of the Theatre Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 1968. p. 621.New York Times; February 1, 1944 Jean Giraudoux obituary.

Theatre works
 Siegfried (1928, premiere at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées)
 Amphitryon 38 (1929 premiere, Comédie des Champs-Élysées)
 Judith (1931, Théâtre Pigalle)
 The Enchanted  (1933, Comédie des Champs-Élysées)
 Tessa (1934, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 Supplément au voyage de Cook (1935, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1935, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 Electra (1937, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 L'Impromptu de Paris (1937, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 Song of Songs (1938, Comédie-Française)
 Ondine  (1939, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 The Apollo of Bellac (1942, Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro))
 Sodom and Gomorrah (1943, Théâtre Hébertot)
 The Madwoman of Chaillot (1945, Théâtre de l'Athénée)
 Duel of Angels (Pour Lucrèce) (1953, Théâtre Marigny)
 Les Gracques (unfinished; published 1958)

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Category:1882 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:French playwrights
Category:French novelists
Category:French essayists
Category:French diplomats