Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Yourcenar was a renowned 20th-century French writer and essayist, best known for her historical novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" and for being the first woman elected to the Académie Française.

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instanceOf essayist
human
member of the Académie Française
novelist
translator
awardReceived Prix Femina NERFINISHED
birthName Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship France
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-06-08
dateOfDeath 1987-12-17
dateOfElection 1980
educatedAt Université de Paris (informal studies) NERFINISHED
familyName Cleenewerck de Crayencour NERFINISHED
father Michel Cleenewerck de Crayencour NERFINISHED
genre essay
historical novel
short story
givenName Marguerite NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName French
livedIn France NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
memberOf Académie Française NERFINISHED
mother Fernande de Cartier de Marchienne NERFINISHED
notableWork Alexis, ou le traité du vain combat NERFINISHED
Archives du Nord NERFINISHED
Feux NERFINISHED
Le Coup de grâce NERFINISHED
L’Œuvre au noir NERFINISHED
Memoirs of Hadrian NERFINISHED
Nouvelles orientales NERFINISHED
Quoi? L’éternité NERFINISHED
occupation essayist
novelist
translator
writer
partner Grace Frick NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Belgium NERFINISHED
Brussels NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Maine NERFINISHED
Mount Desert Island NERFINISHED
United States of America
positionHeld member of the Académie Française
pseudonym Marguerite Yourcenar NERFINISHED
religionOrWorldview agnosticism
residence Petite Plaisance, Mount Desert Island, Maine NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
sexualOrientation lesbian
significantEvent first woman elected to the Académie Française

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French literature hasNotableAuthor Marguerite Yourcenar