Gabriel Arout

Biography

Gabriel Arout was a Russian-born French writer of Armenian descent, born Gabriel Aroutcheff in Nakhichevan-on-Don, Russia on January 28, 1909. He attended the Sorbonne and later turned to theater after initially exploring writing novels. Notable works include his successful play "Pauline or the Foam of the Sea" (1948) starring Pierre Fresnay, which followed a string of successes in the late 1940s and early 1950s.