Camille claudel
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Section 2: Paul Claudel - Poet and ambassador
French playwright and poet Paul Claudel (1868-1955) was appointed as the French ambassador to Japan in November of 1921. Claudel sat for the foreign service exam and passed first on the list, and was a talented diplomat who worked as the ambassador to the United States and was fascinated with Japan from a young age as a result of the influence of his older sister Camille (1864-1943) who was famous as a disciple of François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917). It is said he thought of becoming a diplomat as a shortcut to travelling to Japan. In April 1927, up until he was reassigned as the ambassador to the United States, he spent approximately 4 and a half years in Japan, with approximately a 1 and a half year vacation and return home during the period, interacting with influential members of the political world and culturati. During this time, he experienced the Tokyo Earthquake of 1923, worked to establish the Franco-Japanese House, and wrote his most important work The Satin Slipper. Claudel was known as a Catholic poet, however he po
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Biography
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Paul Claudel (August 6, 1868 – February 23, 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholic faith.He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Fère, into a family of farmers and gentry. His father, Louis-Prosper, dealt in mortgages and bank transactions. His mother, the former Louise Cerceaux, came from a Champagne family of Catholic farmers and priests. Having spent his first years in Champagne, he studied at the lycée of Bar-le-Duc and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in 1881, when his parents moved to Paris. An unbeliever in his teenage years, he experienced a sudden conversion at the age of eighteen on Christmas Day 1886 while listening to a choir sing Vespers in the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris: "In an instant, my heart was touched, and I believed." He would remain a strong Catholic for the rest of his life.
The young Claudel seriously considered entering a
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Paul Claudel
French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868–1955)
Paul Claudel (French:[pɔlklodɛl]; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
Early life
He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Fère (Aisne), into a family of farmers and government officials.[1] His father, Louis-Prosper, dealt in mortgages and bank transactions. His mother, the former Louise Cerveaux, came from a Champagne family of Catholic farmers and priests. Having spent his first years in Champagne, he studied at the lycée of Bar-le-Duc and at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in 1881, when his parents moved to Paris.
An unbeliever in his teenage years, Claudel experienced a conversion at age 18 on Christmas Day 1886 while listening to a choir sing Vespers in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris: "In an instant, my heart was touched, and I believed." He remained an active Catholic for the rest of his life. In addition,
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