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Marguerite Duras

Born

in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina, Viet Nam

April 04, 1914

Died

March 03, 1996

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Cinema, Nonfiction

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre ...more

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Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu , 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.

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Average rating: 3.7 · 121,618 ratings · 11,458 reviews · 314 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lover by Marguerite Duras, Maxine Hong Kingston (Introduction), Barbara Bray (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 60,679 ratings — published 1984 — 281 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiroshima mon amour by Marguerite Duras, Caridad Martínez (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 6,262 ratings — published 1959 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moderato cantabile 3.49 avg rating — 6,063 ratings — published 1958 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras, Richard Seaver (Translator), Diệp Anh (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 5,308 ratings — published 1964 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un barrage contre le Pacifique 3.76 avg rating — 4,067 ratings — published 1950 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War 3.85 avg rating — 3,767 ratings — published 1985 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The North China Lover (The Lover, #2) by Marguerite Duras, Leigh Hafrey (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 3,662 ratings — published 1991 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing by Marguerite Duras, Mark Polizzotti (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3,508 ratings — published 1993 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras, Barbara Bray (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 3,069 ratings — published 1982 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Eyes, Black Hair 3.43 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 1986 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Marguerite Duras

The Lover (2 books)
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Marguerite Duras,

Leigh Hafrey (Translator)

3.73 avg rating — 64,334 ratings

Boeken van Liefde en Lust (1 book)
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Marguerite Duras,

Maxine Hong Kingston (Introduction),

Barbara Bray (Translator)

3.72 avg rating — 60,672 ratings

Outside (2 books)
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Marguerite Duras

3.69 avg rating — 167 ratings

Œuvres complètes (4 books)
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Marguerite Duras

4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings

Quotes by Marguerite Duras (?)

“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
― Marguerite Duras

tags: mothers

3189 likes

“Very early in my life it was too late.”
― Marguerite Duras, The Lover

798 likes

“...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.”
― Marguerite Duras, Blue Eyes, Black Hair

tags: lust, waiting

577 likes

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Muriel Spark

5 votes, 35.7%

Marguerite Duras

4 votes, 28.6%

Honoré de Balzac

3 votes, 21.4%

Theodor Fontane

2 votes, 14.3%

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

0 votes, 0.0%

14 total votes

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