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

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

And all I can come up with is something I reread, which was “Memoirs of Hadrian,” by Marguerite Yourcenar, which is actually great, and by great, I mean forever.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2017

Yourcenar lived for years with a female lover, Grace Frick, an American who translated some of her works into English.

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 taken one of the great figures of history and turned him into one of the most memorable characters in literature in a masterpiece too little known.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2010