caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place imagesize nationality notableworks birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
portrait of giraudoux in 1927 31 january 1944 paris , france jean anouilh bellac , haute-vienne , france 230px french '' '' , '' duel of angels '' , '' the the trojan war will not take place '' madwoman of chaillot '' , '' ondine 29 october 1882 suzanne boland jean giraudoux 1927.jpg jean giraudoux
 jean giraudoux dramatist
jean giraudoux

hippolyte jean giraudoux -lrb- ; 29 october 1882 -- 31 january 1944 -rrb- 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 .
