Duras: An Unimpeachable 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 creativity. At the age of 70, her autobiographical novel "The Lover" won the 1984 French Goncourt Prize. From then on, Duras gained worldwide fame and won the hearts of readers around the globe. Writing and love were the entirety of Duras's life. Over seventy works, nearly twenty films, and numerous lovers formed the beautiful and legendary life of Marguerite Duras. Her unconventional personality made her an author difficult to classify in French literary history and a woman hard to imitate in real life. Some critics said that as a woman, you could love her or hate her, but as a writer, her artistic charm was irresistible. Marguerite Duras was a writer who could always be read. Her words, like her face, left us with a vast and timeless beauty.