Robert Abirached

Robert Abirached (25 August 1930 – 15 July 2021) was a French writer and theatrologist.^[1] He moved to Paris in 1948 and was admitted to the École normale supérieure in 1952. He earned a doctoral degree from the Sorbonne in 1974.

Robert Abirached
Abirached in 1990
Born	25 August 1930 Beirut, Lebanon, France
Died	15 July 2021(2021-07-15) (aged 90) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Writer Theatrologist

Principal works

• Écrivains d’aujourd’hui (1940-1960) (1960)
• Casanova ou la dissipation (1961)
• L’Emerveillée (1963)
• Tu connais la musique? (1971)
• Jean Vauthier (1973)
• La Crise du personnage dans le théâtre moderne (1978)
• La Décentralisation théâtrale
  • Le Premier Âge, 1945-1958 (1992)
  • Les Années Malraux, 1959-1968 (1993)
  • 1968, le tournant (1994)
  • Le Temps des incertitudes, 1969-1981 (1995)
• Le Théâtre et le Prince (2005)
• Le Théâtre en France au xxe siècle (2011)

Distinctions

• Prix Sainte-Beuve (1961)
• Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1981)
• Prix SACD [fr] (1984)
• Officer of the Legion of Honour (1992)
• Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (1998)
• Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (2001)