{{short description|French writer and playwright}} {{Infobox writer | name = Jean Audureau | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 1932 | birth_place = Cholet, France | death_date = 2001 | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Writer and playwright | nationality = French | period = modern }}
'''Jean Audureau''' (1932–2001) was a French writer and playwright known for the whimsey of his work.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=3194332|title=Jean Audureau's Mysterious World of Whimsey | volume=8 | pages=49–55|last1=Knapp |first1=Bettina L. |journal=Modern Language Studies |year=1978 |issue=3 |doi=10.2307/3194332 }}</ref>
==Life and career== Jean Audureau was born in Cholet, France. He wrote his first play ''La Réception'' in 1956, and began his career in earnest in 1966 with ''À Memphis il y a un homme d’une force prodigieuse''. He continued his success with ''Le Jeune Homme'' (1970), ''La Lève'' (1975) and ''Félicité'' (1983). More contemporary plays include ''Katherine Barker'' (1993), ''À l’image d’Hélène'' (1996) and ''L’Élégant Profil d’une Bugatti sous la lune'' (2002).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imec-archives.com/fonds_archives_fiche.php?i=ADU |title=Audureau, Jean |accessdate=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313224646/http://www.imec-archives.com/fonds_archives_fiche.php?i=ADU |archivedate=13 March 2012 }}</ref> Andureau was noted for the quality of his composition.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of the theatre: terms, concepts, and analysis|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofthea0000pavi|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofthea0000pavi/page/324 324]|first1=Patrice|last1=Pavis|first2=Christine|last2=Shantz|year=1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The transparency of the text: contemporary writing for the stage|page=21|first1=Donia|last1=Mounsef|first2=Josette|last2=Féral|year=2007}}</ref>
Audureau died in Paris in 2001.
==Works== Details on selected works include: *''Le Jeune Homme'', directed by Dominique Quéhec, Théâtre National de Chaillot *''À Memphis il y a un homme d’une force prodigieuse'', directed by Henri Ronse, Comédie-Française au Théâtre National de l'Odéon *''Félicité'', directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent, world premiere at the Comédie-Française *''Katherine Barker'', directed by de Jean-Louis Thamin, Théâtre des Abbesses
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