Michel Suffran, born on November 1, 1931 in Bordeaux, where he died on July 5, 2018 is a French doctor, writer, and playwright. He was a friend of François Mauriac, Bernard Clavel, Jean Vauthier...
Since 2020, a place in Bordeaux bears his name. Among his immense literary work (novels, essays, poems, short stories, Bordeaux heritage, theater), he is passionate about writing theatrical fictions involving famous authors such as Charles Baudelaire, François Mauriac, Michel de Montaigne, Montesquieu, Edmond Rostand, Jean de la Ville de Mirmont… some of which were created at the Poquelin Théâtre in Bordeaux.
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days of readings and theatrical games of a dozen of his plays will be performed by the actors of the Poquelin Theatre in three places adjacent: The Poquelin Theatre, the Foyer Nuits and the Theatre Garden.