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Marguerite Duras

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Also known as Marguerite Donnadieu

French writer and film director (1914-1996)

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Marguerite Duras (1914–1996) was a French writer, film director, screenwriter, and novelist. Born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu in Gia Định, Vietnam, she was associated with the Nouveau Roman movement. Her notable works include *The Lover*, *Moderato Cantabile*, *The Ravishing of Lol Stein*, and *La Douleur*. She received the Prix Goncourt, the Grand prix du théâtre, and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.

Duras worked for *Elle* and *Libération*. She was married to Dionys Mascolo and Robert Antelme. She died of esophageal cancer in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1914
Died
1996
Works
497

Top works

  • Detruire, Dit-Elle
  • Places of Marguerite Duras
  • Abahn Sabana David
  • ha-Keʾev
  • Dix Heures et demie du soir en ete

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Film & TV

Directing · Gia Định, Vietnam

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French…

Known for

  • Little Girl Blue — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Godard Cinema2023
  • La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Marguerite Duras, l'écriture et la vie — Self2021
  • Mitterrand, président culturel — Self (archive footage)2021
  • L'affaire Matzneff — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Pornotropic — Self - Writer (archive footage)2020
  • Delphine and Carole — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit — Self - Writer (archive footage)2018
  • Les vendredis d'Apostrophes — Self (archive footage)2015

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
France
Active from
1914
Active to
1996

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
367
Total plays
2,279

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Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras (pronounced: [maʁ.ɡə.ʁit dy.ʁas]) (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996) was a French writer and film director. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marguerite+Duras">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

    · 2006 · cited 7,132x

  2. A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

    · 1997 · cited 4,713x

  3. PLAQUE FORMATION AND ISOLATION OF PURE LINES WITH POLIOMYELITIS VIRUSES

    · 1954 · cited 2,862x

  4. Chitin and Chitosan Preparation from Marine Sources. Structure, Properties and Applications

    · 2015 · cited 2,241x

  5. An algorithm for quadratic programming

    · 1956 · cited 2,094x

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Quotes

  • “It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.”
  • “It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.”
  • “I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.”
  • “Ce qui remplit le temps c'est vraiment de le perdre.”
  • “Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.”
  • “Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.”

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~18 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu ( French: [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. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

Early life and education

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