biography
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Duras, Marguerite
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pseudonym of Marguerite Donnadieu
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pronunciation:
[düra]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1914–96)
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| biography:
| Novelist, playwright, and film director, born in Gia Dinh, Vietnam. She was educated in Indo-China, went to France in 1932, studied law and politics at the Sorbonne, and entered the ministry for the colonies (1935–41). She gained success with her third novel, Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (1950, trans The Sea Wall), followed by Le Marin de Gibraltar (1952, The Sailor from Gibraltar), and Moderato Cantabile (1958). Other major novels include L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas (1962, The Afternoon of Monsieur Andesmas), L'Amour (1972, Love), and her autobiographical novel L'Amant (1984, The Lover; Prix Goncourt; filmed, 1992). Among successes in the theatre are Des Journées entières dans les Arbres (1966) and L'Amante anglaise (1970). She became internationally known with her script for Alain Resnais' film Hiroshima mon amour (1960), then filmed herself in La Musica, which began a series, the best-known of which are India Song (1973) and Le Camion (1977). Her biography by Laura Adler (published 1998), reveals, among other details, her ambiguous role in the resistance. |
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