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Marguerite Duras
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4 April 1914 - 3 March 1996
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Marguerite Duras (real name - Marguerite Donadier) was born on April 4, 1914 in Hyadine near Saigon, in Indochina (now Vietnam), where her parents were engaged in educational activities. In Saigon, she received two bachelor’s degrees, and in 1932 she returned to France with her family. She studied at the Sorbonne, where she studied mathematics, law and political science. During World War II, she participated in the resistance movement. In 1944-50 she was a member of the Communist Party. Marguerite
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Marguerite Duras (real name - Marguerite Donadier) was born on April 4, 1914 in Hyadine near Saigon, in Indochina (now Vietnam), where her parents were engaged in educational activities. In Saigon, she received two bachelor’s degrees, and in 1932 she returned to France with her family. She studied at the Sorbonne, where she studied mathematics, law and political science. During World War II, she participated in the resistance movement. In 1944-50 she was a member of the Communist Party. Marguerite Duras wrote her first novel in 1943. Fame came to her after the release of the novels “Dame against the Pacific” (1950), “Seafarer from Gibraltar”, “Moderato cantabile” (1958). Along with Alain Rob-Grier, she is considered the founder of the French "new novel". Among her works are also the novel “Deadly Illness” (1982), the book of memoirs “Pain” (1986). For the autobiographical story “The Lover” (1984), Marguerite Duras was awarded the Goncourt Prize, and in 1992 Jean-Jacques Anneau put the film of the same name on it. In cinema, Duras began to work as the author of scripts for films based on her own novels. Her most famous work as a screenwriter is the melodrama Alain René, Hiroshima, My Love (1959). Other films include “Dame on the Pacific” by René Clément (1958), “Moderato cantabile” by Peter Brook. In addition, as a director, she directed several films that were extremely difficult to perceive, but caused great criticism and an abundance of art criticism. The most famous of the tapes of M. Duras: “Destroy, she says” (1970), “Natalie Granger” (1972), “Indian song” (1975), “Truck” (1977), “Agata and non-stop reading”, “Man from the Atlantic” (1981).