Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973) Paris, France was a Dramatist-Philosopher of international renown. Many of his thirty plays were staged in major theaters of Europe, produced by university theater groups, and broadcast by radio as well. Marcel authored as many philosophic works, and was a lecturer sought after by audiences around the world. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland 1951-1952, and at Harvard University in the United States 1961-62. In 1952 he was elected a member of the Institute of France, to serve in its Academy of Social and Political Sciences. He lived at the heart of the cultural, intel lectual, political and social developments of the twentieth century. His correspondence shows he was respected by many people from all stations and walks of life.

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