Christian Palustran

Christian Palustran was born in 1947 in Saint-Cloud. After completing his graduate studies at the Sorbonne University, he was appointed professor in Normandy.^[1] He puts on shows with his students and leads writing workshops from elementary school to university.^[2] At the same time, he launches himself into the creation of texts and two of his first works, Escapade and Story of an egg are awarded and staged at the National One Act Competition in Metz (France).^[3][4]

Christian Palustran has written some thirty plays of various genres.^[5] Many have been performed in France and in French-speaking countries. In Paris ^[6][7][8] and in other regions: North of France (Lille, National Dramatic Center for Youth), Provence (National Avignon festiva^[9]) etc.

Likewise, in Switzerland,^[10] in Canada^[11] and in Belgium.^[12] In the latter country, A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx and The Misdeeds of Bourbon (Les Méfaits du Bourbon) represented France at the international CIFTA Estivades (International Amateur Theater Association Festival) in Marche-en-Famenne^[13] and La Chausse-trape (The Trap), at the first Namur International Festival.

Some of his plays were broadcast on the airwaves Radio Suisse Romande  and National cultural radio France-Culture.^[14][15]

Several of his plays have been translated into different languages and have been performed abroad: in the USA  (in New York^[16] where Escapade won a first prize^[17]), in Argentina^[18] but also in  Great Britain^[19] , in Spain^[20]and in Eastern Europe (Russia,^[21] Bulgaria^[22] and Romania: A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx, translation by Nicolae Weisz.^[23] and Abyss, translation by François Bréda and Radu Teampău).

Among them, we can cite many satirical comedies in which he derides our time.^[24][25] He is also the author of tragic monologues ^[26][12] and social dramas.^[27][28]

Palustran is interested in theater for young people.^[29] With false naivety or more directly, his works tackle contemporary problems, sometimes at the risk of surprising or disturbing (A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx).^[30]

Keen on languages, he sometimes translates other authors or contributes to the translation of his texts. He also supports the Francophonie, the organization of countries with French as an official or important language. From 2009 to 2019, he has annually chaired the Francophone Festival La Première in Kirov, Russia.^[31]

Palustran is also the author of several collections of tales: Le Crépuscule des fées (The Good People's Twilight),^[32] Les Contes du croissant de lune (The Tales of the Crescent Moon), and Métamorphoses, mon amour (Metamorphoses, My Love), a contemporary treatment of Ovid.^[33] Drawing inspiration from famous tales, these "strands of dreams", as the author calls them, often underline, ironically or facetiously, the flaws specific to our time. They were broadcast on various radio stations and were also said in public, at the National Festival of Storytellers of Chevilly-la-Rue near Paris and in various towns. They had for performers famous French actors(Michel Bouquet, Claude Piéplu...).^[32][34]).