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Marguerite Yourcenar

1903 - 1987

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  France, United States of America, Belgium
native language:  French
languages spoken, written or signed:  French, English
occupation:  novelist, poet, essayist, translator, university teacher, writer, playwright, literary critic
award received:  Commander of the Legion of Honour, Prix Femina, Erasmus Prize, Prince Pierre Award, Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grand prix national des Lettres
position held:  seat 3 of the Académie française

Marguerite Yourcenar (UK: , US: , French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit juʁsənaʁ] (listen); born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour; 8 June 1903 – 17 December 1987) was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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