Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Actor · Writer

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
September 4, 1896

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Antonin Artaud (September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Antonin Artaud licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photo

Antonin Artaud 1
Antonin Artaud 2

Representative Works

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
5.3
/ French
Napoleon
Napoleon
7.8
/ French
L'Argent
L'Argent
7.0
/ French
Surcouf
Surcouf
7.0
/ French
Tarakanova
Tarakanova
4.5
/ French
Crimson Dynasty
Crimson Dynasty
6.3
/ French
Liliom
Liliom
6.5
/ French
Despair
Despair
6.5
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Lucrezia Borgia
1935Nominee

Best Performance

Lucrezia Borgia

Napoléon Bonaparte
1935Winner

Best Performance

Napoléon Bonaparte

The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928Winner

Best Performance

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Career Highlights

Napoleon
1927Highlight

Best Performance

Napoleon

The Torture of Silence
1917Highlight

Best Performance

The Torture of Silence