Prix Femina
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Edition 65 (1968) Winner
Marguerite Yourcenar
マルグリット・ユルセナール
Maruguritto Yurusenāru
Aliases:
Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1903-06-08 （Brussels）
- Died
- 1987-12-17 （Bar Harbor, Maine） age 84
- Nationality
- French, American
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paternal grandmother's home (Belgium) → Hartford, Connecticut → Northeast Harbor, Maine, Mount Desert Island
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Poet
- Active Years
- 1921-1987
- Affiliations
- Académie Française
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature nomination (1965)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Prix Femina | L'Œuvre au noir | — | Prix Femina | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Erasmus Prize | Entire oeuvre | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Académie Française election | — | — | Académie Française | 初の女性会員 |
Prix Femina
1968
Work:
L'Œuvre au noir
Organization:
Prix Femina
Result:
受賞
Erasmus Prize
1983
Work:
Entire oeuvre
Result:
受賞
Académie Française election
1980
Organization:
Académie Française
Result:
初の女性会員
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Memoirs of Hadrian
1951 Historical novelA novel in the form of a letter from Emperor Hadrian reflecting on his life and philosophy.
PowerLovePhilosophyDeath
Translations
- Translated by Grace Frick (English)
L'Œuvre au noir
1968 Historical novelStory of the 16th-century alchemist Zeno of Bruges.
Religious persecutionScience and faithHuman freedom
Translations
- Grace Frick (English: The Abyss)
Bibliography
- Le jardin des chimères (1921)
- Alexis (1929)
- A Coin in Nine Hands (1934)
- Fires (1936)
- Oriental Tales (1938)
- Coup de Grâce (1939)
- Memoirs of Hadrian (1951)
- The Abyss (1968)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Virginia Woolf's The Waves (1937)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Classical styleMeticulous historical detailPhilosophical depth
- Recurring Motifs
- Inner lives of historical figuresLove and deathOriental motifs
Legacy
Belgian-born French novelist, first woman elected to the Académie Française. Known for classics like Memoirs of Hadrian.
Museums
- Petite Plaisance Mount Desert Island, Maine
In Popular Culture
- Google Doodle (2020)
- Belgian postage stamp (2003)
Quotes
-
May it please the One who is perchance to expand the human heart to life's full measure.
Source: Epitaph from The Abyss (1968)
Trivia
- Adopted pen name Yourcenar as legal surname in 1947.
- Long-term partners: Grace Frick (1937-1979) and Jerry Wilson (1980-1986).
- Lectured in comparative literature at Sarah Lawrence College.