All evil comes from this fact: God is a man.
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
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Birth: | 29th October, 1882 |
Death: | 31st January, 1944 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Playwright |
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France. He was a French playwright, novelist and diplomat. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. He wrote several novels include: Suzanne et le Pacifique, Siegfried et le Limousin, Lectures pour une ombre, Amica America, and Combat avec l'ange. He wrote several plays include: Siegfried, Amphitryon 38, Judith, The Enchanted, Tessa, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, Electra, L'Impromptu de Paris, Song of Songs, Ondine, The Apollo of Bellac, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Madwoman of Chaillot, and Duel of Angels.
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