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Diane de Margerie

ダイアン・ド・マルジュリー

Diane de Margerie

Aliases: Diane Jacquin de Margerie

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1927-12-24 (7th arrondissement of Paris)
Died
2023-08-25 (14th arrondissement of Paris) age 95
Nationality
France
Languages
French, English
Residence History
China → Italy → Chartres

Career

Occupations
translator, novelist, literary critic, biographer, short story writer
Active Years
1974-2016
Affiliations
Prix Femina jury
Influenced By
Marcel Proust, Edith Wharton, Rainer Maria Rilke

Awards

Prix Marcel Proust
1985
Work: Le Ressouvenir
Organization: Prix Marcel Proust
Result: 受賞
Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1994
Organization: Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Prix Jacques-Chardonne
1996
Work: Dans la spirale
Organization: Prix Jacques-Chardonne
Result: 受賞
Prix Marcel-Thiébaut
2000
Work: Edith Wharton, lecture d'une vie
Result: 受賞
Prix littéraire Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco
2001
Work: all her work
Result: 受賞
Prix Médicis essai
2004
Work: Aurore et George
Result: 受賞
Prix Contrepoint
2009
Work: La passion Brando
Result: 受賞
Prix Cazes
2013
Work: Éclats d'insomnie
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Ressouvenir

1985 novel

A novel about reminiscence.

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La Femme en pierre

1989 novel

Celebrates Chartres Cathedral.

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Edith Wharton, lecture d'une vie

2000 biography

Biography reading Edith Wharton's life.

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Aurore et George

2004 biography

Biography of Aurore and George.

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Isola, Retour des îles Galapagos

2003 travelogue

Poetic recount of Galapagos impressions.

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Bibliography

  • Le Détail révélateur (1974)
  • Le Paravent des enfers (1976)
  • L’Arbre de Jessé (1979)
  • La Volière (1979)
  • Ailleurs et autrement (1980)
  • Duplicités (1982)
  • Le Ressouvenir (1985)
  • La Femme en pierre (1989)
  • Marcel Proust (Marcel et Léonie) (1992)
  • Le Jardin secret de Marcel Proust (1994)
  • Dans la spirale (1996)
  • Bestiaire insolite du Japon (1997)
  • Autour de Gustave Moreau (1998)
  • Edith Wharton, lecture d'une vie (2000)
  • Maintenant (2001)
  • Isola, Retour des îles Galapagos (2003)
  • Aurore et George (2004)
  • L’Étranglée (2006)
  • Noces d'encre (2007)
  • Proust et l’obscur (2010)
  • Passion de l’énigme (2012)
  • Éclats d'insomnie (2013)
  • De la grenouille au papillon (2016)
  • A la recherche de Robert Proust (2016)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic stylerefined prose
Recurring Motifs
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Legacy

French writer and translator known for diverse works, awarded multiple literary prizes, noted for studies on Proust and Wharton.

Trivia

  • Daughter of Roland de Margerie, nephew of Edmond Rostand.
  • Cousin of the husband of Marcel Proust's niece.
  • Mother was loved by Rainer Maria Rilke.
  • Lived in China and Italy.