The director Gabriel Garran who founded the Théâtre de la Commune d’Aubervilliers died this Friday at the age of 95.
The playwright Gabriel Garran, who founded the Théatre de la Commune in Aubervilliers in Seine-Saint-Denis, died this Friday in Paris at the age of 95, AFP learned this Saturday from the theater man’s entourage. “The disappearance of Gabriel Garran leaves orphans all those who call themselves the children of Aubervilliers“, pay homage his relatives in a press release. From his real name Gabriel GersztenkornGabriel Garran was born in 1927 in Paris to a couple of jews Polish.
When war broke out, his father was deported to Auschwitz where he died. Gabriel Garran is forced to flee the Occupation with the rest of his family and to exercise under a false identity various trades, according to his entourage.
After the Liberation, he became an animator and discovered the theater. His meeting with Jack Ralite, elected communist to the town hall of Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), inspired him to plan the first permanent popular theater in the suburbs, with the creation in 1965 of the Théâtre de la Commune d’Aubervilliers, promoted to Center Dramatique National, which he directed for 20 years. In 1985, he then created the Théâtre International de Langue Française in Paris. This is dedicated to French-language authors around the world, which he will direct for 13 years.
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