Gabriel Arout (1909â€"1982) was a Russian-born French writer. He wrote
more than 20 plays for the stage, several screenplays for cinema, and
translated a number of Russian literary works into French. He was
awarded the top prize for drama by the Académie française in
1978.Gabriel Arout was born Gabriel Aroutcheff in Nakhichevan-on-Don,
Russia on 28 January 1909.Having witnessed the war and the Russian
Revolution, Arout arrived with his family in France by way of the
Mediterranean in 1921. He attended school at the Lycée Charlemagne
where he became friends with Paul Ackerman. In 1930, he graduated from
the Sorbonne. Although initially attracted to the novel, he decided to
turn his attention to the theater. He wrote his first play Orpheus or
the Fear of Miracles in 1935, but it was a flop at its performance
debut in 1943. His second play, Pauline or the Foam of the Sea (1948),
which starred Pierre Fresnay, was a great success. Other successes
followed: Gog and Magog, This Strange Animal, Twice Two Make Five, and
Apples for Eve.
more than 20 plays for the stage, several screenplays for cinema, and
translated a number of Russian literary works into French. He was
awarded the top prize for drama by the Académie française in
1978.Gabriel Arout was born Gabriel Aroutcheff in Nakhichevan-on-Don,
Russia on 28 January 1909.Having witnessed the war and the Russian
Revolution, Arout arrived with his family in France by way of the
Mediterranean in 1921. He attended school at the Lycée Charlemagne
where he became friends with Paul Ackerman. In 1930, he graduated from
the Sorbonne. Although initially attracted to the novel, he decided to
turn his attention to the theater. He wrote his first play Orpheus or
the Fear of Miracles in 1935, but it was a flop at its performance
debut in 1943. His second play, Pauline or the Foam of the Sea (1948),
which starred Pierre Fresnay, was a great success. Other successes
followed: Gog and Magog, This Strange Animal, Twice Two Make Five, and
Apples for Eve.
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