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Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2021

Victoria Nes Kirby
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The work of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes is not very well known in the United States. Although he appears to be a playwright of some importance, none of his plays has, until now, been translated into English. Of course there are reasons for this neglect, one of which may be that he has been involved in other arts, primarily painting, and has not concentrated his energies exclusively in the theatre. During his lifetime, Ribemont-Dessaignes, who is now 87 years old, has been a painter, poet, novelist, essayist, editor, composer, radio personality, actor and “dancer,” as well as playwright. In addition, he has written a children's book and translated into French works by Nietzsche and Michelangelo.

The son of an obstetrician, Ribemont-Dessaignes was born on June 19, 1884, at Montpellier in the south of France. When he was young he secretly composed symphonies, operas and quartets and wrote a drama.

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The Drama Review , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 104 - 109
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Copyright © 1972 The Drama Review

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References

1 Excerpts from the “Indictment” of Maurice Barrès as addressed to the jury by Ribemont-Dessaignes and published in the appendix of Dada à Paris by Michel Sanouillet. Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1965.