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Marguerite Duras

Marguerite DurasAKA Marguerite Donnadieu

Born: 4-Apr-1914
Birthplace: Gia Dinh, Vietnam
Died: 3-Mar-1996
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cimeti�re de Montparnasse, Paris, France

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Hiroshima mon Amour

Father: Henri Donnadieu (b. 9-Apr-1872, d. 1921)
Mother: Marie Legrand (b. 9-Apr-1877)
Brother: Jean (half brother, b. 1899)
Brother: Jacques (half brother, b. 1904)
Brother: Pierre (b. 1910)
Brother: Paul (b. 1912, d. 1943, pneumonia)
Husband: Robert Anthelme (m. 23-Sep-1939, div. 1946)
Husband: Dionys Mascolo (until her death)
Son: Jean (b. 1947)
Slept with: Yann Andréa Steiner

    University: Sorbonne (1935)

    Communist Party expelled 1950
    Goncourt Prize 1984 for L'Amant
    Pied Belgium (1969)
    unknown detox facility 1982
    Coma Oct-1988
    Tracheotomy
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Emphysema

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    India Song (4-Jun-1975)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    India Song (4-Jun-1975) [VOICE]

Author of books:
Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (1950, novel)
Le Marin de Gibraltar (1952, novel)
Moderato cantabile (1958, novel)
L'Apr�s-midi de Monsieur Andesmas (1962, novel)
Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein (1964, novel)
Le Vice-Consul (1966, novel)
D�truire, dit-elle (1969, novel)
L'Amour (1971, novel)
L'�t� 80 (1980, novel)
L'Amant (1984, novel)
La Douleur (1986, novel, autobiographical)
La Vie Mat�rielle (1987, novel, trans. Practicalities)
Emily L. (1989, novel)
La Pluie d'�t� (1990, novel)
L'Amant de la Chine du Nord (1991, novel)


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