Duras (an unparalleled woman)

Author: Li Yafan
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Marguerite Duras (1914-1996) was one of the most influential, individualistic, and charming writers, playwrights, and film screenwriters of 20th-century France. Duras was born in French Indochina and returned to France at the age of 19. Her colonial life experiences became the source of her creative inspiration. At the age of 70, her autobiographical novel The Lover won the 1984 French Goncourt Prize. From then on, Duras gained widespread fame and won readers all over the world. Writing and love were the entirety of Duras's life. Over 70 works, nearly 20 films, and numerous lovers made up Duras's beautiful and legendary life. Her unconventional personality made her an author difficult to categorize in French literary history and a woman hard to imitate in real life. Some critics said that as a woman, you could love Duras or hate her, but as a writer, her artistic charm was irresistible. Duras was a writer who could always be read. Her words, like her face, left us with a vast and enduring beauty.