Marguerite Duras
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Marguerite Donnadieu (April 4, 1914 - November 3, 1996), better known as Marguerite Duras, was a writer.
She was born in Gia Dinh, French Indochina of French parents and went to France to study law but became a writer instead.
She is the author of a great many novels, plays, films and short narratives, including her best-selling, ostensibly autobiographical work L'Amant (1984). Translated into English as The Lover, the book won the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Following the making of a film of the same name(s) based on her work, Duras then published a slightly different work, L'Amant de la Chine du Nord. Other major works include Moderato Cantabile, also made into a film of the same name, Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein and her film India Song.
Duras's early novels were fairly conventional in form (their 'romanticism' was criticised by fellow writer Raymond Queneau); however, with Moderato Cantabile she became more experimental, paring down her texts to give ever-increasing importance to what was not said. Her films are also experimental in form, most eschewing synch sound, using voice over to allude to, rather than tell, a story over images whose relation to what is said may be more-or-less tangential.
Marguerite Duras passed away in Paris in 1996 and was buried there in the Cimeti貥 du Montparnasse.
Bibliographiy
- Les Impudents, Plon, 1943
- La Vie tranquille, Gallimard, 1944.
- Un barrage contre le Pacifique, Gallimard, 1950.
- Le Marin de Gilbaltar, Galimard, 1950.
- Des petits chevaux de Tarquinia, Gallimard, 1953.
- Des journ饳 enti貥s dans les arbres, "Le Boa", "Madame Dodin", "Les Chantiers", Gallimard, 1954.
- Le Square, Gallimard, 1955.
- Moderato Cantabile, Les Editions de Minuit, 1958.
- Les Viaducs de la Seine et Oise, Gallimard, 1959.
- Hiroshima mon amour, Gallimard, 1960.
- L'apr賭midi de M. Andesmas, Gallimard, 1960.
- Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, Gallimard, 1964.
- Th颴re I : les Eaux et For괳-le Square-La Musica, Gallimard, 1965.
- Le Vice-Consul, Gallimard, 1965.
- L'Amante Anglaise, Gallimard, 1967.
- Th颴re II : Suzanna Andler-Des journ饳 enti貥s dans les arbres-Yes, peut-괲e-Le Shaga-Un homme est venu me voir, Gallimard, 1968.
- D鴲uire, dit-elle, Les Editions de Minuit, 1969.
- Abahn Sabana David, Gallimard, 1970.
- L'Amour, Gallimard, 1971.
- Ah! Ernesto, Hatlin Quist, 1971.
- India Song, Gallimard, 1973.
- Nathalie Granger, suivi de "La Femme du Gange", Gallimard, 1973.
- Le Camion, suivi de "Entretien avec Michelle Porte", Les Editions de Minuit, 1977.
- L'Eden Cin魡, Mercure de France, 1977.
- Le Navire Night, suivi de Cesar饬 les Mains n駡tives, Aur鬩a Steiner, Mercure de France, 1979.
- Vera Baxter ou les Plages de l'Atlantique, Albatros, 1980.
- L'Homme assis dans le couloir, Les Editions de Minuit, 1980.
- L'Et頸0, Les Editions de Minuits, 1980.
- Les Yeux verts, Cahiers du cin魡, n?312-313, juin 1980 et nouvelle 餩tion, 1987.
- Agatha, Les Editions de Minuit, 1981.
- Outside, Albin Michel, 1981.
- L'Homme atlantique, Les Editions de Minuit, 1982.
- Savannah Bay, Les Editions de Minuit, 1982, 2譥 edition augment饠1983.
- La Maladie de la mort, Les Editions de Minuit, 1982.
- Th颴re III : -La B괥 dans la jungle, d'apr賠H. James, adaptation de J. Lord et M. Duras,-Les Papiers d'Aspern, d'apr賠H. James, adaptation deM. Duras et R. Antelme,-La Danse de mort, d'apr賠A. Strinberg, adaptation de M. Duras, Gallimard, 1984.
- L'Amant, Les Editions de Minuit, 1984.
- La Douleur, POL, 1985.
- La Musica deuxi譥, Gallimard, 1985.
- Les Yeux bleus Cheveux noirs, Les Editions de Minuit, 1986.
- La Pute de la c?normande, Les Editions de Minuit, 1986.
- La Vie mat鲩elle, POL, 1987.
- Emily L., Les Editions de Minuit, 1987.
- La Pluie d'鴩, POL, 1990.
- L'Amant de la Chine du Nord, Gallimard, 1991.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Marguerite_Duras" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Duras, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
