Laurent Gaudé (born 6 July 1972 in Paris) is a French writer.[1]He
studied theater and has written many dramatic works, among them Onysos
le furieux, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali, and Le Tigre bleu de
l'Euphrate.[2]After a master's in humanities at the Université Paris
III,[3] for which he presented a dissertation entitled Le thème du
combat dans la dramaturgie comptemporaine française (The theme of
combat in the French contemporary dramaturgy), supervised by Michel
Corvin (1994), then a post-graduate diploma at the same university,
for which he presented a dissertation entitled Le conflit dans le
théâtre contemporain (The conflict in contemporary theater),
supervised by Jean-Pierre Sarrazac (1998), Laurent Gaudé wrote plays
(1999).His first play, Combat de possédés, was published in 1999. It
has been performed in Germany and has been read at the Royal National
Theatre in London.[3] The second play, published in 2000, is Onysos le
Furieux. It is an epic monologue,[4] written in only 10 days during
the spring of 1996.[4] Laurent Gaudé has also written other plays
such as Pluie de Cendres, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali or Le
Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate.
studied theater and has written many dramatic works, among them Onysos
le furieux, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali, and Le Tigre bleu de
l'Euphrate.[2]After a master's in humanities at the Université Paris
III,[3] for which he presented a dissertation entitled Le thème du
combat dans la dramaturgie comptemporaine française (The theme of
combat in the French contemporary dramaturgy), supervised by Michel
Corvin (1994), then a post-graduate diploma at the same university,
for which he presented a dissertation entitled Le conflit dans le
théâtre contemporain (The conflict in contemporary theater),
supervised by Jean-Pierre Sarrazac (1998), Laurent Gaudé wrote plays
(1999).His first play, Combat de possédés, was published in 1999. It
has been performed in Germany and has been read at the Royal National
Theatre in London.[3] The second play, published in 2000, is Onysos le
Furieux. It is an epic monologue,[4] written in only 10 days during
the spring of 1996.[4] Laurent Gaudé has also written other plays
such as Pluie de Cendres, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali or Le
Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate.
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