Félix-Henri Bataille (4 April 1872 in Nîmes â€" 2 March 1922 in
Rueil-Malmaison[1]) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were
popular between 1900 and the start of World War I.Bataille's parents
died when he was young.[2] He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and
Académie Julian[3] to study painting, but started writing when he was
14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second
play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's
early works explored the effects of passion on human motivation and
how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For
example, Maman Colibri, is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a
younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theater of
ideas and social drama.Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious
motivation. While he did not use his theories in most of his own
works, he influenced later playwrights such as Jean-Jacques Bernard
and the "school of silence".
Rueil-Malmaison[1]) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were
popular between 1900 and the start of World War I.Bataille's parents
died when he was young.[2] He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and
Académie Julian[3] to study painting, but started writing when he was
14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second
play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's
early works explored the effects of passion on human motivation and
how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For
example, Maman Colibri, is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a
younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theater of
ideas and social drama.Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious
motivation. While he did not use his theories in most of his own
works, he influenced later playwrights such as Jean-Jacques Bernard
and the "school of silence".
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