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Yourcenar

American  
[yoor-suh-nahr] / ˈyʊər səˌnɑr /

noun

  1. Marguerite Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour, 1903–87, U.S. poet and novelist, born in Belgium.


Yourcenar British  
/ ˈjʊkənɑː /

noun

  1. Marguerite, original name Marguerite de Crayencour . 1903–87, French novelist and writer, in the US from 1939; noted for her historical novels, esp Mémoires d'Hadrien (1952)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ernaux has stacked up awards in recent years, winning the Marguerite Yourcenar award, the Premio Hemingway and the Prix Formentor, and landing a shortlist spot on this year’s Man Booker International prize.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019

It is an original story, not based on the Marguerite Yourcenar novel “Memoirs of Hadrian,” though that book did get Mr. Wainwright interested in the subject of Hadrian.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2018

"So I was in the Yourcenar universe without knowing that one day I would play her on stage," the actress said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2015

I would probably include “Les Mémoires d’Hadrian,” by Marguerite Yourcenar, which I love.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2014

Yourcenar has Hadrian compare himself, favorably, with Alcibiades, who "had seduced everyone and everything, even History herself."

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2010

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