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Marguerite Yourcenar
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French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

Also known as: Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour, Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour, Marguerite de Crayencour, Marguerite Steenewerck de Crayencour, Yourcenar, Маргерит Юрсенар

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Known works

  • Mémoires d'Hadrien
  • L'Œuvre au noir (1991)
  • Nouvelles orientales
  • Fires
  • Blues et gospels