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PEOPLE

ALFRED JARRY

1873 - 1907

Born in France in 1873, Alfred Henri Jarry wrote an early version of Ubu Roi at the age of 15. From then, until his death at 34, he wrote a cycle of Ubu plays and a series of absurdist novels.