Claude Bréart de Boisanger (25 October 1899 – 7 September 1999) was a French

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

. General administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1959 to 1960, he also was Yves Bréart de Boisanger's brother.

Biography

After graduation, he chose a diplomatic career. He was named General consul of France at San Francisco in 1941, then was attached to the

governor-General of French Indochina European (as well as Japanese and Chinese) colonial administrators had historically been responsible for the territory of French Indochina, an area equivalent to modern-day Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and the Chinese city of Zhanjiang. List o ...

, admiral

Jean Decoux Jean Decoux (5 May 1884 – 21 October 1963) was a French Navy admiral who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from July 1940 to 9 March 1945, representing the Vichy French government. Early life and naval career Decoux was born in Bordea ...

, to manage relationships between

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

and the Pacific countries. He was a member of the Conciliation Commission for Palestine in 1949 and in charge of American affairs in 1951, before he was promoted to the post of Ambassador of France in Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1959. Claude de Boisanger was general administrator of the Comédie-Française from April 1959 to January 1960. His appointment was very unpopular with the world of theater and

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by P ...

finally terminated his functions. Boisanger, who committed no misconduct, seized the Conseil d'État which canceled the decree for abuse of power. Malraux then signed a new decree which was again canceled by the Conseil d'État. Boisanger requested his retirement with regard to the situation." De Boisanger à Besset, quand le ministère de la culture doit rendre des comptes "
(6 mai 2013,

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) In 1964 he published his memoirs.

Works

* ''Neuf mois a la Comédie-Française'' (

Nouvelles Éditions latines Nouvelles ( wa, Novele) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mons, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Nort ...

, 1964) * ''On pouvait éviter la guerre d'Indochine : souvenirs 1941-1945'' (foreword by M. Jacques Chastenet, Paris, A. Maisonneuve, 1977) * ''Vivre en Russie au temps de la N.E.P.'' (Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient J Maisonneuve, 1981)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boisanger, Claude Breart de Ambassadors of France to Czechoslovakia People from Versailles 1899 births 1999 deaths Administrators of the Comédie-Française Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Ambassadors to Czechoslovakia