Hanseatic Goethe Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2005) Declined
Ariane Mnouchkine
アリアーヌ・ムヌスキーヌ
Ariane Mnouchkine
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1939-03-03 （Boulogne-sur-Seine (now Boulogne-Billancourt)）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French, English
- Residence History
- Boulogne-sur-Seine, France → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- stage director, playwright, film director
- Active Years
- 1964-2024
- Affiliations
- Théâtre du Soleil, Collège de France
- Influenced By
- Jacques Lecoq
- Nominations
- Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay (That Man from Rio, 1964, shared), Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes (Molière, 1978)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorbonne University | — | Literature | — | — | France |
| Oxford University | — | English literature | — | 1年間の留学 | United Kingdom |
| L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq | — | Theatre | — | — | France |
Sorbonne University
Literature
Country:
France
studied literature
Oxford University
English literature
Period:
1年間の留学
Country:
United Kingdom
Joined Oxford University Dramatic Society and discovered her passion for theatre
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
Theatre
Country:
France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Europe Theatre Prize | Théâtre du Soleil | — | Europe Theatre Prize | won |
| 2009 | Ibsen Award | — | — | — | won |
| 2011 | Goethe Medal | — | — | Goethe-Institut | won |
| 2019 | Kyoto Prize | — | 演劇・映画 | Inamori Foundation | won |
| 2005 | Honorary Degree in Performing Arts | — | — | University of Rome III | won |
| 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Letters | — | — | Oxford University | won |
Europe Theatre Prize
1987
Work:
Théâtre du Soleil
Organization:
Europe Theatre Prize
Result:
won
Ibsen Award
2009
Result:
won
Goethe Medal
2011
Organization:
Goethe-Institut
Result:
won
Kyoto Prize
2019
Category:
演劇・映画
Organization:
Inamori Foundation
Result:
won
Honorary Degree in Performing Arts
2005
Organization:
University of Rome III
Result:
won
Honorary Doctor of Letters
2008
Organization:
Oxford University
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (2017) Winner
Works
Major Works
1789
1974 TheatrePolitical theatre piece on the French Revolution, later adapted into a film.
French RevolutionPolitics
Adaptations
- [Film] 1789 / Ariane Mnouchkine (1974)
Molière
1978 Biographical filmBiographical film about the French playwright Molière, written and directed by her.
BiographyTheatre history
La Nuit Miraculeuse
1989 TV filmMade-for-TV film collaborated with Hélène Cixous.
Translations by Author
- French translations of Shakespeare plays (Richard II, Twelfth Night, Henry IV Part 1)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- avant-gardecollective creationbreaking the fourth wallimprovisational elementsmulticultural fusion
- Recurring Motifs
- social and political critiquesexploration of world culturesoppression and resistance
Legacy
Founder of Théâtre du Soleil, innovator in avant-garde theatre through collective creation and multicultural approaches. Internationally influential, recipient of numerous honors.
In Popular Culture
- Famously criticized EuroDisney as 'cultural Chernobyl'.
Trivia
- Daughter of Russian-Jewish film producer Alexandre Mnouchkine.
- Mother was British actress June Hannen.
- Paternal grandparents deported from Drancy to Auschwitz and murdered in 1943.
- Signed the Manifesto of the 343 in 1971, publicly announcing an illegal abortion.