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Marguerite Yourcenar(1903-1987)

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Marguerite Yourcenar in Propos et Confidences (1970)
Marguerite Yourcenar was born on 8 June 1903 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a writer, known for Coup de Grâce (1976), L'oeuvre au noir (1988) and I riassuntini (2018). She died on 17 December 1987 in Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA.
BornJune 8, 1903
DiedDecember 17, 1987(84)
BornJune 8, 1903
DiedDecember 17, 1987(84)
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Marguerite Yourcenar in Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965)

Known for:

Coup de Grâce (1976)
Coup de Grâce
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1976
L'oeuvre au noir (1988)
L'oeuvre au noir
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1988
I riassuntini (2018)
I riassuntini
TV Series
  • Writer(2020)
  • 2018
Electra ou A Queda das Máscaras
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1988

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Writer

  • Denis Lavant in Lazare (2022)
    Lazare
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • I riassuntini (2018)
    I riassuntini
    • based on the novel by (2020)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Comment RoiFou fut sauvé
    • story
    • Video
    • 2016
  • L'oeuvre au noir (1988)
    L'oeuvre au noir
    • novel
    • 1988
  • Electra ou A Queda das Máscaras
    • based on the play by
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé (1987)
    Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé
    • short story
    • Short
    • 1987
  • Coup de Grâce (1976)
    Coup de Grâce
    • based on the novel by
    • 1976
  • Le dialogue dans le marécage
    • dialogue
    • TV Movie
    • 1973

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Académie
    • Belgian Academy
  • Born
    • June 8, 1903
    • Brussels, Belgium
  • Died
    • December 17, 1987
    • Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA
  • Parents
      Michel de Crayencour
  • Relatives
    • Noémie Dufresne(Grandparent)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Longtime companion of Grace Frick.
  • Quotes
    Leisure moments: each life well regulated has some such intervals, and he who cannot make way for them does not know how to live.

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