Marguerite Duras
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Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director who lived from 1914 to 1996 and created influential work across both literature and cinema. Her career matters because she made significant contributions to 20th-century French culture through her distinctive approach to storytelling in multiple artistic forms.
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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
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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.
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1914 births1996 deaths20th-century French dramatists and playwrights20th-century French memoirists20th-century French novelists20th-century French screenwriters20th-century French women novelists20th-century pseudonymous writersBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryCommunist members of the French ResistanceDeaths from esophageal cancer in France