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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Marguerite Yourcenar canonical 7

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

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French literature hasNotableAuthor Marguerite Yourcenar
Collège Sévigné hasAlumnus Marguerite Yourcenar
Lycée Fénelon hasNotableAlumni Marguerite Yourcenar
Yourcenar Prize namedAfter Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar pseudonym Marguerite Yourcenar
Prix de la langue française notableRecipient Marguerite Yourcenar