Anouilh

American  

[a-noo-y^uh] / aˈnu yə /

noun

1. Jean 1910–1987, French dramatist.

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Anouilh British  

/ anuj /

noun

1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1910–87, French dramatist, noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths: his works include Eurydice (1942), Antigone (1944), and Becket (1959)

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Example Sentences

“Sorrow Swag” takes blue as its cue, examining race, grief and gender with theatrical texts from Samuel Beckett and Jean Anouilh; “minor matter” is the “red” chapter, studying love, rage and a mysterious black box.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2019

I mean, I only ever got paid to perform in terrible dinner-theater murder mysteries, but I acted all through college, in Pinter and Anouilh and Shakespeare.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2014

Lucienne Hill began to translate Anouilh at the behest of Laurence Olivier Lucienne Hill, who has died aged 89, was best known for her translations of the French dramatist Jean Anouilh.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2013

According to The Guardian, 66 authors were put forward for the literature Nobel in 1962, and the list was narrowed down to Steinbeck, Robert Graves, Lawrence Durrell, Karen Blixen and Jean Anouilh.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013

U.S. ed. pub. 23Nov50, A50255; this is an English translation of L'Invitation au chateau by Jean Anouilh.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office