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  1. Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (French pronunciation: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit ʒɛʁmɛn maʁi dɔnadjø], 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.

  2. Mar 31, 2024 · Marguerite Duras was a French novelist, screenwriter, scenarist, playwright, and film director, internationally known for her screenplays of Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and India Song (1975). The novel L’Amant (1984; The Lover; film, 1992) won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1984. Duras spent most.

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  3. NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT, FILM MAKER, COMMUNIST, outrageous social commentator, Marguerite Duras has awed and maddened the French public for more than 40 years.

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    • March 3, 1996
    • April 4, 1914
    • The Lover by Marguerite Duras, Maxine Hong Kingston (Introduction), Barbara Bray (Translator)
    • Hiroshima mon amour by Marguerite Duras, Caridad Martínez (Translator)
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    • The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras, Richard Seaver (Translator), Diệp Anh (Translator)
  4. Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Marguerite Duras, a French writer and filmmaker who won the Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel The Lover. Explore her works in biographical and historical context, from her childhood in Indochina to her involvement in the French Resistance and communism.

  5. Dec 29, 2022 · Marguerite Duras and the Domestication of Desire. In the celebrated French writer’s newly translated novel “The Easy Life,” keeping house is a defense against the shattering force of sexuality....

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  7. Mar 4, 1996 · Marguerite Duras, author of the best-selling novel "The Lover" and one of the most widely read French writers of the postwar era, died today at her home in Paris. She was 81.

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