Paul Claudel: Letters to Audrey Parr c. 1917-1939

Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955

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French diplomat, poet and dramatist. From the description of L'homme et son désir, 1917. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80272306 The ballet L'homme et son desir, based on a text by Paul Claudel, was created for Nijinsky, with music by Darius Milhaud, choreography by Claudel, and sets and costumes by Audrey Parr. The ballet was composed in 1917 while Claudel was French minister to Brazil and Darius Milhaud served as his secretary. From the descri...

Parr, Audrey

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Paul Louis Charles Claudel

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Paul Louis Charles Claudel (1868-1955), diplomat, poet and dramatist, was born in Villeneuve-sur-Fve, Aisne, on 6 August 1868. After holding consular posts in the United States, China, Europe and Brazil, he was appointed French Ambassador in Tokyo, 1922, Washington, 1927, and Brussels, 1933. From the 1890s onwards he published a large body of poetry and drama, including Cinq grandes odes and Le soulier de satin . He received an honorary doctorate from Cambridge University in 1939, a...