Marguerite Duras





Marguerite Duras

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born
April 04, 1914 in Gia-Dinh, Viet Nam

died
March 03, 1996

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Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras (pronounced [maʀgəʁit dyˈʁas] in French) (April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French writer and film director.

She was born at Gia-Dinh, near Saigon, French Indochina (now Vietnam), after her parents responded to a campaign by the French government encouraging people to work in the colony.

Marguerite's father fell ill soon after their arrival, and returned to France, where he died. After his death, her mother, a teacher, remained in Indochina with her three children. The family lived in relative poverty after a bad investment in an isolated property and area of farmland in Cambodia(tête de pisse). The difficult life that the family experienced during this period was highly influential on...more


Average rating: 3.79 · 13,944 ratings · 1,027 reviews · 114 distinct works
The Lover
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Hiroshima mon amour
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The Ravishing of Lol Stein
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The Malady of Death
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Moderato cantabile
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The North China Lover: A Novel
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The War
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Blue Eyes, Black Hair
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Destroy, She Said
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1969
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More books by Marguerite Duras…
“...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.”
Marguerite Duras, Blue Eyes, Black Hair

“Very early in my life it was too late.”
Marguerite Duras, The Lover

“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.”
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