Jean-Claude Grumberg, L'Atelier [The Workshop]

John Ireland (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Ed. by Edward Forman, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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First circulation or publication Jul 1979

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France (Country of Origin)

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Drama

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A prolific contemporary playwright and screenwriter (perhaps most notably for François Truffaut’s late film,

The Last Metro

, 1980), Jean-Claude Grumberg (b. 1939) is best known both in France and around the world for his Holocaust trilogy:

Dreyfus

(1974),

L’Atelier

(1979) and

Zone libre

(1990). While all three plays which deal with Jewish experience before, during and after the Second World War won Grumberg considerable acclaim,

L’Atelier,

composed of ten scenes set in a garment workroom in the Paris “Sentier” district during the immediate post-war years, garnered the most accolades, including the 1980 Critics Award, the SACD Award, the Parisian Award and the Ibsen prize. It is generally considered his signature play. Strongly autobiographical,

L’Atelier

can be read as a…

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Citation: Ireland, John. "L'Atelier". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 May 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35601, accessed 24 November 2024.]

Jean-Claude Grumberg, L'Atelier [The Workshop]

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