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Marguerite DurasMarguerite Donnadieu (April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996), better known as Marguerite Duras, was a writer and film director. She was born in Gia Dinh, Indochina, and went to France, her parents' native country, to study law, but became a writer instead. She changed her name in 1943 for Duras, the name of a village in the Lot-et-Garonne dpartment, where her father's house was located. 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. 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. She was also the screenwriter of the 1959 French film Hiroshima mon amour, which was directed by Alain Resnais. 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. She was associated with the Nouveau roman French literary movement. 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. She is interred in the Cimetire du Montparnasse. Bibliography - Les Impudents, Plon, 1943
- La Vie tranquille, Gallimard, 1944.
- Un barrage contre le Pacifique, Gallimard, 1950.
- Le Marin de Gibraltar, Galimard, 1950.
- Des petits chevaux de Tarquinia, Gallimard, 1953.
- Des journées entières dans les arbres, "Le Boa", "Madame Dodin", "Les Chantiers", Gallimard, 1954.
- Le Square, Gallimard, 1955.
- Moderato Cantabile, Les ditions de Minuit, 1958.
- Les Viaducs de la Seine et Oise, Gallimard, 1959.
- Hiroshima mon amour, Gallimard, 1960.
- L'après-midi de M. Andesmas, Gallimard, 1960.
- Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, Gallimard, 1964.
- Théâtre I : les Eaux et Forêts-le Square-La Musica, Gallimard, 1965.
- Le Vice-Consul, Gallimard, 1965.
- L'Amante Anglaise, Gallimard, 1967.
- Théâtre II : Suzanna Andler-Des journées entières dans les arbres-Yes, peut-être-Le Shaga-Un homme est venu me voir, Gallimard, 1968.
- Détruire, dit-elle, Les ditions 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 ditions de Minuit, 1977.
- L'Eden Cinéma, Mercure de France, 1977.
- Le Navire Night, suivi de Cesarée, les Mains négatives, Aurélia Steiner, Mercure de France, 1979.
- Vera Baxter ou les Plages de l'Atlantique, Albatros, 1980.
- L'Homme assis dans le couloir, Les ditions de Minuit, 1980.
- L'Été 80, Les ditions de Minuit, 1980.
- Les Yeux verts, Cahiers du cinéma, n.312-313, juin 1980 et nouvelle édition, 1987.
- Agatha, Les ditions de Minuit, 1981.
- Outside, Albin Michel, 1981.
- L'Homme atlantique, Les ditions de Minuit, 1982.
- Savannah Bay, Les ditions de Minuit, 1982, 2ème edition augmentée1983.
- La Maladie de la mort, Les ditions de Minuit, 1982.
- Théâtre III : -La Bête dans la jungle, d'après H. James, adaptation de J. Lord et M. Duras,-Les Papiers d'Aspern,d'après H. James, adaptation de M. Duras et R. Antelme,-La Danse de mort, d'après A. Strindberg, adaptation de M. Duras, Gallimard, 1984.
- L'Amant, Les ditions de Minuit, 1984. Was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt.
- La Douleur, POL, 1985.
- La Musica deuxième, Gallimard, 1985.
- Les Yeux bleus Cheveux noirs, Les ditions de Minuit, 1986.
- La Pute de la côté normande, Les ditions de Minuit, 1986.
- La Vie matérielle, POL, 1987.
- Emily L., Les ditions de Minuit, 1987.
- La Pluie d'été, POL, 1990.
- L'Amant de la Chine du Nord, Gallimard, 1991.
Filmography as director Duras, Marguerite Duras, Marguerite Duras, Marguerite
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