( April 4 , 1914 – March 3 , 1996 ), better known as '''Marguerite Duras''', was a Writer and Film Director .
She was born in Saigon , French Indochina (now Vietnam ), and went to France , her parents' native country, to study law, but became a writer instead. She changed her name in 1943 for '' Duras '', the name of a village in the Lot-et-Garonne '' Département '', where her father's house was located.
She is the author of a great many novels, plays, Film s and short narratives, including her best-selling, ostensibly Autobiographical Work '' L'Amant '' (1984), translated into English as ''The Lover''. Following the making of a film of the same name(s) based on her work, Duras then published a slightly different work, ''L'Amant de la Chine du Nord''.
Other major works include '' Moderato Cantabile '', also made into a film of the same name, , and her film '' India Song ''. She was also the screenwriter of the 1959 French film '' Hiroshima Mon Amour '', which was directed by Alain Resnais .
Duras's early novels were fairly conventional in form (their 'romanticism' was criticised by fellow writer Raymond Queneau ); however, with ''Moderato Cantabile'' she became more experimental, paring down her texts to give ever-increasing importance to what was not said. She was associated with the Nouveau Roman French Literary Movement . Her films are also experimental in form, most eschewing synch sound, using voice over to allude to, rather than tell, a story over images whose relation to what is said may be more-or-less tangential.
She died at 81 from Throat Cancer and is interred in the Cimetière Du Montparnasse .
In 1997 the popular rock band 'the Weakerthans' took their name from a line of the film adaptation of The Lover: "Go ahead, I'm weaker than you can possibly imagine."
- '' Les Impudents '', Plon, 1943
- '' La Vie Tranquille '', Gallimard , 1944.
- '' Un Barrage Contre Le Pacifique '', Gallimard, 1950.
- '' Le Marin De Gibraltar '', Galimard, 1950.
- '' Des Petits Chevaux De Tarquinia '', Gallimard, 1953.
- '' Des Journées Entières Dans Les Arbres '', "Le Boa", "Madame Dodin", "Les Chantiers", Gallimard, 1954.
- '' Le Square '', Gallimard, 1955.
- '' Moderato Cantabile '', Les Éditions De Minuit , 1958.
- '' Les Viaducs De La Seine Et Oise '', Gallimard, 1959.
- '' Hiroshima Mon Amour '', Gallimard, 1960.
- '' L'après-midi De M. Andesmas '', Gallimard, 1960.
- '' Le Ravissement De Lol V. Stein '', Gallimard, 1964.
- Théâtre I : les Eaux et Forêts-le Square-La Musica, Gallimard, 1965.
- '' Le Vice-Consul '', Gallimard, 1965.
- '' L'Amante Anglaise '', Gallimard, 1967.
- Théâtre II : Suzanna Andler-Des journées entières dans les arbres-Yes, peut-être-Le Shaga-Un homme est venu me voir, Gallimard, 1968.
- '' Détruire, Dit-elle '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1969.
- '' Abahn Sabana David '', Gallimard, 1970.
- '' L'Amour '', Gallimard, 1971.
- '' Ah! Ernesto '', Hatlin Quist, 1971.
- '' India Song '', Gallimard, 1973.
- '' Nathalie Granger '', suivi de "La Femme du Gange", Gallimard, 1973.
- '' Le Camion '', suivi de "Entretien avec Michelle Porte", Les Éditions de Minuit, 1977.
- '' L'Eden Cinéma '', Mercure de France, 1977.
- '' Le Navire Night '', suivi de Cesarée, les Mains négatives, Aurélia Steiner, Mercure de France, 1979.
- '' Vera Baxter Ou Les Plages De L'Atlantique '', Albatros, 1980.
- '' L'Homme Assis Dans Le Couloir '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980.
- '' L'Été 80 '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980.
- '' Les Yeux Verts '', '' Cahiers Du Cinéma '', n.312-313, juin 1980 et nouvelle édition, 1987.
- '' Agatha '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1981.
- '' Outside '', Albin Michel, 1981.
- '' L'Homme Atlantique '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982.
- '' Savannah Bay '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982, 2ème edition augmentée1983.
- '' La Maladie De La Mort '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982.
- Théâtre III : -La Bête dans la jungle, d'après H. James, adaptation de J. Lord et M. Duras,-Les Papiers d'Aspern,d'après H. James, adaptation de M. Duras et R. Antelme,-La Danse de mort, d'après A. Strindberg, adaptation de M. Duras, Gallimard, 1984.
- '' L'Amant '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1984. Was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt .
- '' La Douleur '', POL, 1985.
- '' La Musica Deuxième '', Gallimard, 1985.
- '' Les Yeux Bleus Cheveux Noirs '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1986.
- '' La Pute De La Côté Normande '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1986.
- '' La Vie Matérielle '', POL, 1987.
- '' Emily L. '', Les Éditions de Minuit, 1987.
- '' La Pluie D'été '', POL, 1990.
- '' L'Amant De La Chine Du Nord '', Gallimard, 1991.
- '' Yann Andréa Steiner '', Gallimard, 1992.
- Leslie Hill ''Marguerite Duras: Apocalyptic Desires'' (Routledge, 1993)
- Martin Crowley ''Duras, Writing, and the Ethical'' (Oxford University Press, 2000)
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