Quote by: Marguerite Duras

The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it.


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Author Bio


  • NameMarguerite Duras
  • DescriptionFrench writer and film director
  • BornApril 4, 1914
  • DiedMarch 3, 1996
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Film Director; Screenwriter; Publisher; Novelist; Playwright; Autobiographer
  • WorksThe Lover
  • AwardsPrix Goncourt; Austrian State Prize For European Literature