Marguerite Duras

Personal Info

Birthday

April 4, 1914

Day of Death

1996-03-03

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Gia Định, Vietnam

Also Known As

Marguerite Donnadieu

마르그리트 뒤라스

마르그리트 뒤라

마가렛 뒤라스

玛格丽特·杜拉斯

Marguerite Duras

Biography

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Định High School. They both had previous marriages.