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Marguerite Yourcenar (UK: / ˈ j ʊər s ə n ɑːr, ˈ j ʊ k ə n ɑːr /, US: / ˌ j ʊər s ə ˈ n ɑːr /, French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit juʁsənaʁ] ⓘ; born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour; 8 June 1903 – 17 December 1987) was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947.
- French, American
- Mémoires d'Hadrien
- 17 December 1987 (aged 84), Bar Harbor, Maine, US
- Grace Frick (1937–1979; Frick's death)
Apr 16, 2024 · Marguerite Yourcenar (born June 8, 1903, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1987, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, U.S.) was a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer who became the first woman to be elected to the Académie Française ( French Academy ), an exclusive literary institution with a membership limited to 40.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Memoirs of Hadrian (French: Mémoires d'Hadrien) is a French-language novel by the Belgian-born writer Marguerite Yourcenar about the life and death of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. First published in France in 1951, the book was a critical and commercial success.
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- 347 pp (2005 paperback)
- 1951
- 1951
Marguerite Yourcenar, original name Marguerite de Crayencour, was a french novelist, essayist, poet and short-story writer who became the first woman to be elected to the Académie Française (French Academy), an exclusive literary institution with a membership limited to 40.
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- December 17, 1987
- June 8, 1903
Becoming the Emperor. By Joan Acocella. February 6, 2005. In 1981, six years before her death, Marguerite Yourcenar became the first woman ever inducted into the Académie Française, and that ...
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May 21, 2018 · French novelist, poet, essayist, dramatist, world traveller, and translator Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was the first woman elected to the French Academy. Marguerite Yourcenar was born on June 8, 1903, and baptized Marguerite Antoinette Ghislaine.
4.23. 29,948 ratings2,729 reviews. Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor ...
