François Porché [SEP] native language
François Porché
François Porché (born Cognac, November 21, 1877 - died Vichy, April 19, 1944) was a French dramatist, poet and literary critic. The French Academy awarded him the Grand Prix de Literature in 1923. "Les Butors et la Finette", a "symbolical and allegorical drama" premiered in 1917, "Sam Abramovitch" in 1927 (in New York City) and "Un roi, deux dames et un valet" in 1934. He published a war poem "L' Arret sur
). Together, they raised the theatre's reputation as one of the leading voices for Poland's new intelligentsia. The groundbreaking performances included "The Street Scene" by Elmer Rice (1930), "Danton's Death" by Georg Büchner (1931), "Senat Szaleńców" by Holocaust victim Janusz Korczak (1931), the "Tsar Lénine" by François Porché (1932), and in the vein of political "Zeittheater" of the time, "The Captain of Köpenick" by Carl Zuckmayer (1932)