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Aug 25, 2024 · Marguerite Duras is hardly a neglected writer, having at least a dozen books currently in print in English and having kept a number close to that in print since first hitting her stride with English readers in the 1960s. Her 1984 autobiographical novel L’Amant (The Lover), which won the Prix Goncourt and has been translated into over 40 ...
Nov 29, 2019 · Natasha Boyd reviews Marguerite Duras’s “Me & Other Writing,” out now from Dorothy, a publishing project.
Dec 14, 2022 · Marguerite Duras, left, was a major influence on Annie Ernaux, winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature, and the generation of women writers who came after them.
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Apr 21, 1985 · In 40 years as a femme des lettres, Marguerite Duras has achieved a rare immortality: She has become an adjective. What Durassien means depends on what side you are on.
Co-presented by the Consulate General of France and Villa Albertine in Los Angeles. A major literary figure in 20th century France, Marguerite Duras was also one of the most original filmmakers of her day, responsible for a trailblazing body of work that is still neglected in the US.
Mar 4, 1996 · Marguerite Duras, one of France’s most famed and prolific writers, who became best known in recent years for her novel “The Lover” and the film based on it, died Sunday. She was 81.
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