Pierre donnadieu marguerite duras autobiography
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu known as Marguerite Duras was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker....
Duras wrote several autobiographical versions of her childhood in Indo-China.
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director
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| Born | Marguerite Donnadieu ()4 April Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) |
| Died | 3 March () (aged81) Paris, France |
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| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Chasseloup Laubat, Saigon |
| Almamater | University of Paris |
| Period | – |
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Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (French pronunciation:[maʁɡ(ə)ʁitʒɛʁmɛnmaʁidɔnadjø], 4 April – 3 March ), known as Marguerite Duras (French:[maʁɡ(ə)ʁitdyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.
Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour () earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Early life and education
Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April , in Gia Định,[1]Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam).
Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, –) and Henri D