Henry Bataille
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Félix-Henri BatailleFélix-Henri Bataille (b. April 4, 1872 in Nîmes
, France
, d. March 2, 1922 in Rueil-Malmaison
) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were extremely popular between 1900 and the start of World War I
.
Bataille's parents died when he was young [1]. He went to the École des Beaux-Arts
to study painting, but started writing when he was 14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's early works were about the effects of passion on human motivation and how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For example, Maman Colibri, is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theater of ideas and social drama.
Henry Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious motivation. While he didn't use his theories in most of his own works, he helped influence later playwrights such as Jean-Jacques Bernard
and the "school of silence".
Nîmes
Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, d. March 2, 1922 in Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France. It is located 12.6 kilometers from the center of Paris.-Name:...
) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were extremely popular between 1900 and the start of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Bataille's parents died when he was young [1]. He went to the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
to study painting, but started writing when he was 14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's early works were about the effects of passion on human motivation and how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For example, Maman Colibri, is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theater of ideas and social drama.
Henry Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious motivation. While he didn't use his theories in most of his own works, he helped influence later playwrights such as Jean-Jacques Bernard
Jean-Jacques Bernard
Jean-Jacques Bernard was born in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise and died in Paris.French playwright and chief representative of what became known as l’école du silence or, as some critics called it, the art of the unexpressed, in which the dialogue does not express the characters’ real attitudes...
and the "school of silence".
Works
- La Belle au bois dormant, 1894.
- La Chambre blanche (poetry), 1895.
- La Lépreuse, 1896.
- L'Enchantement, 1900.
- Maman Colibri (Mother Colibri), 1904.
- La Marche nupitale, 1905.
- La Femme nue, 1908.
- Le Scandale, 1909.
- La Vierge folle (The Foolish Virgin), 1910.
- L'Amazone, 1916.
- La divine tragédie (poetry), 1917.
- L'Animateur, 1920.
- La Chair humaine (Human Flesh), 1922.