Marguerite Duras
Posted by Tel on August 22, 2009
Marguerite Duras (1914-1996)
French Novelist, Screenwriter and Playwright
French writer Marguerite Duras wrote more than numerous novels, screenplays and plays. She is best-known for her prize-winning novel, The Lover, and her experimental works that place great emphasis on innovations regarding style. Her theme mainly explores the challenges of love in a world that affects it.
Early Life of Marguerite Duras
Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on April 4, 1914 in Giadinh, French Indochina, now Vietnam. Her father died when she was four, and her mother, a teacher, struggled to bring up three children.
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