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.
Born in French Indochina, to two teachers (immigrants from France), growing up in Indochina. She was sent to France before World War II (to continue her education), and experienced that war as a young woman in occupied France.
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