Biography for
Jean Anouilh

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Date of Birth

23 June 1910, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France

Date of Death

3 October 1987, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (heart attack)

Birth Name

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh

Spouse

Nicole Lançon	(1953 - 3 October 1987) (his death)
Monelle Valentin	(1932 - ?)

Trivia

His last name is generally pronounced "aw-noo'ee".

In 1961, won two Tony Awards: as Best Author (Dramatic) and as author of Best Play winner "Becket." He also received two other nominations as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1956 for "The Waltz of the Toreadors" and in 1958 for "Time Remembered."

Father of actress Catherine Anouilh.

Personal Quotes

All evil comes from the old. They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them.

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.

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