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.

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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)

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Example Sentences

By the time she arrived at Pratt, she knew she wanted to make art — an awareness inspired in large part by reading Marguerite Yourcenar’s 1951 “Memoirs of Hadrian,” a fictionalized autobiography of the Roman emperor.

From New York Times

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

And then some brilliant historical fiction — Robert Graves, “I, Claudius,” and Marguerite Yourcenar, “The Memoirs of Hadrian.”

From New York Times

The subject was inspired by Marguerite Yourcenar’s novel “Memoirs of Hadrian,” which Mr. Wainwright read some 20 years ago.

From New York Times

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