Marguerite Duras
Birthday: 1914-04-04 Place of Birth: Gia Định, Vietnam
Synopsis
Marguerite Duras (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996) was a French writer and film director.
Acting
Pornotropic
When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.