Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
-
Edition 82 (1984) Winner
Marguerite Duras
マルグリット・デュラス
Maruguritto Dyurasu
Aliases:
Marguerite Donnadieu
Pen Names:
Marguerite Donnadieu（Birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1914-04-04 （Gia Định, French Cochinchina, French Indochina）
- Died
- 1996-03-03 （Paris, France） age 81
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French, Vietnamese
- Residence History
- French Indochina (Saigon, Phnom Penh, Vĩnh Long, Sa Đéc) → France (Paris)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Essayist, Filmmaker
- Active Years
- 1943-1995
- Affiliations
- Ministry of the Colonies, French Communist Party, French Resistance
- Memberships
- French Communist Party, French Resistance
- Influenced
- Samuel Beckett
- Nominations
- Academy Award nomination for Hiroshima mon amour
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat | — | Philosophy | — | 1931頃 | Vietnam |
| University of Paris | — | Public Law | DES（公法・政治経済） | 1933-1937 | France |
Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat
Philosophy
Period:
1931頃
Year of Graduation:
1931
Country:
Vietnam
Saigon
University of Paris
Public Law
Degree:
DES（公法・政治経済）
Period:
1933-1937
Year of Graduation:
1937
Country:
France
Degree in public law 1936
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Prix Goncourt | L'Amant | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Prix de Mai | Moderato Cantabile | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | Hiroshima mon amour | — | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | ノミネート |
Prix Goncourt
1984
Work:
L'Amant
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Prix de Mai
1958
Work:
Moderato Cantabile
Result:
受賞
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1959
Work:
Hiroshima mon amour
Organization:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result:
ノミネート
Awards & Nominations
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1 appearances
-
Edition 24 (1989) Winner
Works
Major Works
L'Amant
1984 NovelSemi-autobiographical novel about her youthful affair with a Chinese-Vietnamese man.
LoveMemoryColonialism
Adaptations
- [Film] The Lover / Jean-Jacques Annaud (1992)
Translations
- Trans. Barbara Bray
Bibliography
- Les Impudents (1943)
- La Vie tranquille (1944)
- Un barrage contre le Pacifique (1950)
- Moderato Cantabile (1958)
- L'Amant (1984)
Adaptations
- Hiroshima mon amour (1959, dir. Alain Resnais)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ExperimentalNouveau romanMastery of dialogueImportance of the unsaid
- Recurring Motifs
- Love and sexualityMemoryLossColonial experience
Health
-
Alcoholism1980年代-1990年代Multiple hospitalizations, coma from 1988 to 1989
Legacy
Key figure in French literature, associated with nouveau roman. Innovative filmmaker. Prix Goncourt winner.
In Popular Culture
- Appears in 2021 miniseries Une affaire française
- 2022 film Vous ne désirez que moi
Quotes
-
I think it is all over. That my life is finished. I am no longer anything. I have become an appalling sight. I am falling apart. Come quickly. I no longer have a mouth, no longer a face.
Source: Final autobiographical notebook (1995)
Trivia
- Signed Manifesto of the 343 (abortion)