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was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat,He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholic faith.An unbeliever in his teenage years, he experienced a sudden conversion at the age of eighteen on Christmas Day 1886 while listening to a choir sing Vespers of the Virgin, in the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris: "In an instant, my heart was touched, and I believed." He would remain a strong Catholic for the rest of his life. The young Claudel seriously considered entering a Benedictine monastery, but in the end began a career in the French diplomatic corps, in which he would serve from 1893 to 1936.
For believing Catholics, in contrast, far from his religious views needing 'pardoning', Claudel must claim to rank as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century in any language, because of the extraordinary artistic power and beauty with which he presents a Catholic worldview.
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