Who is still reading Paul Claudel (1868-1955)? It seems that we no longer open his books, like so many other classics. We still play him in the theatre, the plays The Soul of Satin and Midday Sharing, with the character of Dysé, inspired by his mistress, Rosalie Vetch, who gave him a daughter, Louise, and that's almost everything. I remember going to see Rosalie's grave, in the small cemetery of Vézelay, when I wrote an essay on Georges Bataille…
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Who is still reading Paul Claudel (1868-1955)? It seems that we no longer open his books, like so many other classics. We still play him in the theatre, the plays The Soul of Satin and Midday Sharing, with the character of Dysé, inspired by his mistress, Rosalie Vetch, who gave him a daughter, Louise, and that's almost everything. I remember going to see Rosalie's grave, in the small cemetery of Vézelay, when I wrote an essay on Georges Bataille…