Marguerite Yourcenar
Belgian-French novelist and essayist
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. She was nominated for the... Wikipedia
Born: June 8, 1903, Brussels, Belgium
Died: December 17, 1987 (age 84 years), Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, ME
Nominations: Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and Prix Goncourt
Full name: Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour
Notable works: Mémoires d'Hadrien
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