In July of 1939 Edouard Daladier put Giraudoux in charge of French propaganda services. From Wordnik.com. [France's Downfall] Reference
It is a nostalgic experience to encounter Giraudoux dressed in the dignity of a foreign translation which, coming several years after his death, consecrates him as an 'immortal' figure. From Wordnik.com. [Giraudoux] Reference
When they came out during the thirties, they blended so easily with the flow of literary life that one took them for granted; it was in the order of things that Louis Jouvet would offer as an almost yearly rite a new Giraudoux play at the Théatre de I'Athénée. From Wordnik.com. [Giraudoux] Reference
Meanwhile, a slim but much noticed contribution by that delicate and witty playwright Jean Giraudoux presented France as an invaded country over which barbarians had swarmed "like fleas on a puppy," and called for the creation of a Ministry of Race to stem the infiltration of hundreds of thousands of Ashkenazis escaped from Polish and Romanian ghettoes. From Wordnik.com. [France's Downfall] Reference
Playreaders Performers 'Showcase scenes from Shakespeare, Beckett, Stoppard, Giraudoux at 2 p.m. in the 4th flr story room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6236. From Wordnik.com. [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference
This was the time Thai audiences came to know the giants of modern theatre like Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello, Brecht and Giraudoux, from their plays, Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House, The Stronger and The Good Woman of Setzuan. From Wordnik.com. [Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News] Reference
—Jean Giraudoux 1882–1944. From Wordnik.com. [The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said] Reference
Giraudoux. From Wordnik.com. [Giraudoux] Reference
Giraudoux - The New York Review of Books. From Wordnik.com. [Giraudoux] Reference
Giraudoux, Jean. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
Giraudoux, Jean, 66. From Wordnik.com. [The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said] Reference
Giraudoux, Jean, playwright. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 29] Reference
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