Armand Salacrou

Armand Camille Salacrou 9 August 1899 23 November 1989 was a French dramatist He was born in Rouen but spent most of his childhood at Le Havre and moved to Paris in 1917 His first works show the influence of the Surrealists He was the owner of a profitable advertising firm but sold it in order to devote his time to writing plays Encouraged by Charles Dullin he wrote in a wide range of styles and enjoyed great success from the mid1930s His later work is usually grouped with that of the Existentialists He flirted with communism during the 1920s and criticized capitalism in his play Boulevard Durand During the Nazi occupation of France he participated in the clandestine French resistance an experience which he celebrated in Les Nuits de la colère He was a member of the Académie Goncourt and a library in his home town is named after him Source Article Armand Salacrou from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30