Romain Weingarten (5 December 1926 – 13 July 2006) was a French playwright.

He was born in Paris, and grew up inBrittany andChâteau-Thierry. He studied philosophy at theSorbonne, where he was strongly influenced by the work ofAntonin Artaud, to whom he dedicated his first play, "Akara". Later though Weingarten rejected the label of "Theatre of the Absurd" sometimes attached to his work, and claimed an affiliation with theSurrealists andRoger Vitrac, preferring to describe his work as "poetic". In 1998, he received theGrand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie française.

Weingarten died of old age, according to his family, atChallans,Vendée, and was buried in Mauron inMorbihan.

• Akara (1948)
• Les Nourrices (The Nurses) (1961)
• L'Été (Summer) (1966)
• Alice dans les jardins du Luxembourg (Alice in the Gardens of Luxembourg) (1970)
• Comme la pierre (Like Stone) (1970, at the Comédie-Française)
• La Mandore (Mandora) (1973)
• Neige (Snow) (1979)
• La Mort d’Auguste (The Death of Auguste) (1982).

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