Duras

British  

/ dyra /

noun

1. Marguerite , real name Marguerite Donnadieu . 1914–96, French novelist born in Giadinh, Indochina (now in Vietnam). Her works include The Sea Wall (1950), Practicalities (1990), Écrire (1993), and the script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1960)

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Describing himself as an "anarcho-confectioner," Godin began his campaign with a pie in the face of author Marguerite Duras in 1969.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Lawrence, Doris Lessing, Marguerite Duras and Thomas Hardy, Gornick astutely shows how books are intertwined with ourselves, shifting and evolving over time even as we do.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Darrieussecq, like Marguerite Duras, knows that there are two kinds of people in this world: those who sleep and those who cannot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Polizzotti, who has made a specialty of translating concise, compressed French novels by Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras and now Vuillard, thinks there is an essential disconnect between two different approaches of writing about history.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

Convinced that he had not returned, and fearful of being observed by any of the domestics who might happen to pass through the gardens, Nisida retraced her way toward the dwelling  of Dr. Duras.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds