Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Duras, was born on 4 April 1914 in Gia Dinh, near Saigon. She spent her childhood in Indochina and settled in France in the early thirties, after her baccalauréat. During the Occupation, she joined the Resistance with her husband, Robert Antelme, then joined the Communist Party, which she later left. A novelist and playwright, she also wrote for the cinema and directed several films herself. She died in Paris on 3 March 1996.

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• NovelThe Sea WallUn barrage contre le PacifiqueMarguerite Duras · 1950Literature