Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
04.04.1914 - 03.03.1996 (81 years) (Gia Dinh, French Cochinchina. [now Vietnam])
Marguerite Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), 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.