Marguerite Duras
Biography
Marguerite Duras was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker born Marguerite Donnadieu in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina on April 4, 1914. She earned recognition for her script of the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Duras' life was marked by her involvement with the French Resistance and her experiences in World War II, including the tragic loss of her husband, writer Robert Antelme.