Ghéon, Henri

Japanese: ゲオン（英語表記）Ghéon， Henri

Born: March 15, 1875 in Blé-sur-Seine
[Died] July 23, 1944. Paris. French playwright and poet. His real name was Henri Léon Vangeon. He was one of the founders of the magazine NRF. He made his theatrical debut with the tragedy Pain (1911) and participated in the Théâtre de Vieux-Colombier in Copeau. He converted to Catholicism while serving as a military doctor in World War I, and thereafter worked to revive popular religious drama through works based on Christian doctrine. His most famous work is Le Pauvre sous l'escalier (21), which deals with Saint Alexius.

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[生]1875.3.15. ブレシュルセーヌ
[没]1944.7.23. パリ
フランスの劇作家，詩人。本名 Henri Léon Vangeon。『NRF (エヌエルエフ) 』誌の創刊者の一人。悲劇『パン』 Pain (1911) で劇壇にデビュー，コポーのビュー＝コロンビエ座に参加。第1次世界大戦に軍医として従軍中カトリックに改宗，以後キリスト教の教義に基づく作品によって民衆的宗教劇の復活に努力した。代表作は聖アレクシウスを扱った『階段下の貧者』 Le Pauvre sous l'escalier (21) 。

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