- French writer who often collaborated with Darius Milhaud, with whom he was attached to the French embassy in Rio de Janeiro from 1916-19. Claudel's interest in heroic figures led him to write works on Joan of Arc and Christopher Columbus, among others. From 1921-25 he was the French ambassador to Japan, where he encountered kabuki theater.
- Younger brother of sculptor Camille Claudel.
- He had a long relationship with Rosalie Scibor-Rylska (1871-1951) then married with Francis Vetch. A daughter Louise Vetch was born of this union in Brussels on 22 January 1905 and died in Avallon, Yonne on 5 December 1996. She is also known as Maria Scibor. She was a singer and composed stage music for two of her father's plays. Rosalie is deemed the inspiration for the characters Ysé and Prouhèze in Claudel's plays.
- His last child Renée, born August 1917, died 23 January 2021. She was the creator of the cultural Rencontres de Brangues in the domain of her family. She was the widow of diplomat and writer Jacques Nantet (1910-1993).
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