Marguerite Yourcenar
Also known as Yourcenar, Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour, Marguerite de Crayencour
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
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Marguerite Yourcenar was a French novelist and essayist who lived from 1903 to 1987 and became one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. She is best known for her historical novels, particularly *The Memoirs of Hadrian*, which brought her international recognition and demonstrated her ability to imaginatively reconstruct the inner lives of historical figures.
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Marguerite Yourcenar ( UK: /ˈjʊərsənɑːr, ˈjʊkənɑːr/, US: /ˌjʊərsəˈnɑːr/; 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. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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