Arthur Adamov

Arthur Adamov was born on 23 August 1908 in Kislovodsk, in the Russian Caucasus, into a wealthy Armenian family. Brought up in Switzerland and Germany, he settled in Paris in 1924, frequented the Surrealists and edited a magazine close to them. He began writing for the theatre after the war, at first plays of psychological inspiration, then, under Brecht's influence, a political theatre. He also translated Russian authors, including Gogol and Chekhov. He died in Paris in March 1970.

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