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Marguerite Duras
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04 Apr 1914
† 03 Mar 1996
Gia Định, Vietnam
Biography
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 Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), wer...
Also Known As
Marguerite Donnadieu, 마르그리트 뒤라스, 마르그리트 뒤라, 마가렛 뒤라스, 玛格丽特·杜拉斯



























