This page presents the works of the French author

Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...

(1868 – 1955), one-time French ambassador to the United States and Brazil.

Works

;Theatre * 1887 : ''L'Endormie'' (first version) * 1888 : ''Fragment d'un drame'' * 1890 : '' Tête d'or'' (first version) * 1892 : ''La Jeune Fille Violaine'' (first version) * 1893 : '' La Ville'' (first version) 'The City'' * 1894 : ''Tête d'or'' (second version) ; '' L'Échange'' (first version) * 1899 : ''La Jeune Fille Violaine'' (second version) * 1901 : ''La Ville'' (second version) * 1901 : '' Le Repos du septième jour'' * 1906 : ''

Partage de midi Partage, from the French word "partager" meaning "to share," was a system put in place to divide up ownership of excavated artifacts during the early part of the 20th century. This system was mostly notably employed in Egypt, Iraq, Cyprus, Syria, ...

'' ''Break of Noon'', drama (first version) * 1911 : ''

L'Otage ''L'Otage'' is a three-act theatre play by the French author Paul Claudel, and the first one of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''. Mises-en-scène * 1913: Théâtre Scala, London * 1914: Lugné-Poe, Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1928: Firmin Gémie ...

'', ''The Hostage'' drama in three acts * 1912 : '' L'Annonce faite à Marie'' ''The Annunciation of Mary'' (first version) * 1913 : '' Protée'', 2-act satirical drama (first version) * 1917 : '' L'Ours et la Lune'' * 1918 : ''

Le Pain dur ''Le Pain dur'' ("hard bread") is a three-act theatre play by French author Paul Claudel, published in 1918 and the second play of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''. The play was performed in Switzerland and Canada by Ludmilla Pitoëff between 194 ...

'', drama in three acts * 1919 : ''Les Choéphores d'Eschyle'' * 1920 : ''

Le Père humilié ''Le Père humilié'' is a four-act theatre play by Paul Claudel, which constitutes the third and last part of ''La Trilogie des Coûfontaine''. Staging * 1962: Bernard Jenny, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier See also *''L'Otage'' *'' Le Pain d ...

'', drama in four acts * 1920 : ''Les Euménides d'Eschyle'' * 1926 : ''Protée'', 2-act satirical drama (second version) * 1927 : ''Sous le Rempart d'Athènes'' * 1929 : ''

The Satin Slipper ''The Satin Slipper'' (''Le Soulier de satin'') is a long play by the French dramatist and poet Paul Claudel, written in 1929. It was first performed on stage in 1943, in a production by Claudel and Jean-Louis Barrault. Its run time is roughly elev ...

'', action espagnole en quatre journées (créé partiellement in 1943 by

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundia ...

, en version intégrale at the

théâtre d'Orsay The théâtre d'Orsay was a theater located on the rive gauche of the Seine, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris It was inaugurated in 1972 in the former gare d'Orsay originally conceived by the architect Victor Laloux in 1898. Jean-Louis Barra ...

in 1980; la version intégrale a été reprise in 1987 by

Antoine Vitez Antoine Vitez (; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet. He became a central character and influence on the French theater in the post-war period, especially in the technique of teaching drama. He was also tr ...

) * 1933 : ''

Le Livre de Christophe Colomb ''Le Livre de Christophe Colomb'' (The Book of Christopher Columbus) is a theatre play in two parts by the French author Paul Claudel. The play was commissioned by the German theatre director Max Reinhardt, and originally conceived as an opera. ...

'', ''The Book of Christopher Columbus'' lyrical drama in two parts * 1939 : ''

Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher ''Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' (''Joan of Arc at the Stake'') is an oratorio by Arthur Honegger, originally commissioned by Ida Rubinstein. It was set to a libretto by Paul Claudel, and the work runs about 70 minutes. It premiered on 12 May 1938 in ...

'' * 1939 : ''La Sagesse ou la Parabole du destin'' * 1942 : '' L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara'', morality in three acts * 1947 : ''L'Endormie'' (second version) * 1948 : '' L'Annonce faite à Marie'' (second version) * 1949 : ''Protée'', 2-act satirical drama (second version) * 1954 : ''L'Échange'' (second version) Paul Claudel by Vallotton

;Poetry * 1900, then 1907 (2nd éd.): '' Connaissance de l'Est'' ''The East I Know'' *

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

: ''Poèmes de la Sexagésime'' *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

: ''Processionnal pour saluer le siècle nouveau'' *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

: ''Cinq grandes Odes'' ''Five Great Odes'' *

: ''Le Chemin de la Croix'' *

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1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

: ''

La Cantate à trois voix LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

''Voir: http://www.paul-claudel.net/node/65/ *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

: ''Corona benignitatis anni dei'' *

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

: ''La Messe là-bas'' *

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

: ''Poèmes de guerre (1914-1916)'' ''Three Poems of the War'' *

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

: ''Feuilles de saints'' *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

: ''Cent phrases pour éventails'' ''A Hundred Movements for a Fan'' *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

: ''Visages radieux'' *

: ''Dodoitzu'', illustrations by Rihakou Harada. *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

: ''Accompagnements'' ;Essais *

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

: ''Positions et propositions'', tome I *

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

: ''L'Oiseau noir dans le soleil levant'' *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

: ''Positions et propositions'', tome II *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

: ''Conversations dans le Loir-et-Cher'' *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

: ''Figures et paraboles'' *

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

: ''Contacts et circonstances'' *

: ''Seigneur, apprenez-nous à prier'' *

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

: '' L'œil écoute'' ''The Eye Listens'' *

: ''Emmaüs'' *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

: ''Une voix sur Israël'' *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

: ''L'Évangile d'Isaïe'' *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

: ''Paul Claudel interroge l'Apocalypse'' *

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

: ''Paul Claudel interroge le Cantique des Cantiques'' *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

: ''J'aime la Bible'', Fayard ''I Believe in God'' *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

: ''Conversation sur Jean Racine'' *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

: ''Sous le signe du dragon'' *

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

: ''Qui ne souffre pas... Réflexions sur le problème social'' *

: ''Présence et prophétie'' *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

: ''La Rose et le rosaire'' *

: ''Trois figures saintes pour le temps actuel'' Paul Claudel on TIME Magazine, March 21, 1927

;Memories, diary *

: ''Mémoires improvisés. Quarante et un entretiens with

Jean Amrouche Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche (7 February 1906 in Ighil Ali, Algeria – 16 April 1962 in Paris, France) was an Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist. Biography Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche was born February 7, 1906, in Ighil Ali, in the v ...

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

: ''Journal. Tome I : 1904-1932'' *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

: ''Journal. Tome II : 1933-1955'' Augustins - Paul Claudel à seize ans - Camille Claudel RA 941

;Correspondence *

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel et

André Gide André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the Symbolism (arts), symbolist movement, to the advent o ...

(1899-1926)'' *

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel et

André Suarès André Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarèshttp://data.bnf.fr/11925703/andre_suares/fr.pdf (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic. From 1912 onwards, he was one of the four "pillars" o ...

(1904-1938)'' *

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel with Gabriel Frizeau and Francis Jammes (1897-1938)'', accompagnée de lettres de Jacques Rivière *

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

: ''Correspondance Paul Claudel et

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

(1912-1953) *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel et

Lugné-Poe Aurélien-Marie Lugné (27 December 1869 19 June 1940), known by his stage and pen name Lugné-Poe, was a French actor, theatre director, and scenic designer. He founded the landmark Paris theatre company, the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, which produced ...

(1910-1928). Claudel homme de théâtre'' *

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

: ''Correspondences avec Copeau, Dullin, Jouvet. Claudel homme de théâtre'' *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

: ''Correspondance de Jean-Louis Barrault et Paul Claudel'' *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel et Jacques Rivière (1907-1924)'' *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

: ''Lettres de Paul Claudel à Élisabeth Sainte-Marie Perrin et à Audrey Parr'' *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

: ''Correspondence diplomatique. Tokyo (1921-1927)'' *

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel et Gaston Gallimard (1911-1954)'' *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

: ''Paul Claudel, Jacques Madaule Connaissance et reconnaissance : Correspondence 1929-1954'', DDB *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: ''Le Poète et la Bible'', volume 1, 1910-1946, Gallimard, coll. « Blanche » *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

: ''Le Poète et la Bible'', volume 2, 1945-1955, Gallimard, coll. « Blanche » *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: ''Lettres de Paul Claudel à Jean Paulhan (1925-1954)'', Correspondance présentée et annotée par Catherine Mayaux, Berne : Paul Lang, 2004 *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''Correspondance de Paul Claudel avec les ecclésiastiques de son temps. Volume I, Le sacrement du monde et l'intention de gloire'', éditée par Dominique Millet-Gérard, Paris : Champion, coll. « Bibliothèque des correspondances, mémoires et journaux » n° 19, 2005, 655 p. . *

: ''Une Amitié perdue et retrouvée. Correspondance de Paul Claudel et Romain Rolland'', édition établie, annotée et présentée par Gérald Antoine et Bernard Duchatelet, Paris : Gallimard, coll. « Les cahiers de la NRF », 2005, 479 p.

References

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