“Only mediocre people are always at their best”
Hippolyte Jean Giradoux (1882-1944)
A French playwright, novelist, poet and essayist, Giradoux was primarily active in the period between the two World Wars, after having served in the First and having been awarded the Legion d’ Honour. He was also a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served as a judge in the Prix Blumenthal, a cultural award given to French artists during that era. Much of his work concerned the battle of the sexes, but was not well known in the English speaking world until his play “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place” was translated by Christopher Fry in the 1930’s.
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