(en) Marguerite Duras

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Biography

Wikidata: Q153248 (Q5)

• 1914.04.04 / Giadih near Saigon. Birth of Marguerite Duras. [1]

• Her real name is Marguerite Donnadieu. [2]

• She spent all her childhood near the Mekong. [3]

• 1939 / His literary career begins that year with The French Empire then The Imprudents. [4]

• This is his book A dam against the Pacific which opens the doors of notoriety. [5]

• 1967.04 / Paris. Release of his film la Musica [6]

• She went on to direct film with India Song in the late sixties. [7]

• 1984 / Marguerite Duras won the Prix Goncourt for her novel The Lover. [8]

• 1985.04 / La Chaux-de-Fonds. Exhibition on Marguerite Duras and these works [9]

• 1986.04 / She wins the Hermingam Prize. [10][11]

• 1985.11 / The Éditions de Minuits are placed 10 consecutive times in the list of the most successful literary thanks to the book The Lover of Marguerite Duras. [12]

• 1989.05 / Savannah of Bay by Marguerite Duras is presented to the public. [13]

• 1992.01 / Presentation of the film of [The Lover]. [14]

• 1992 / Adaptation by Alain Resnais in the cinema of Marguerite Duras Hiroshima mon amour. [15]

• 1988 / She supports François Mitterrand to his re-election. [16]

• 1996.03.03 / Deaths of Marguerite Duras at the age of 81 years. [17]