Claire de Duras
1777
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1828
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
native language: French
languages spoken, written or signed: French
occupation: salonnière, writer
Claire, Duchess of Duras (née de Kersaint; 1777–1828) was a French writer best known for her 1823 novel called Ourika, which examines issues of racial and sexual equality, and which inspired the 1969 John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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