Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
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Belgian-born novelist who made history as the first woman elected to the Académie Française in 1980. Yourcenar's historical fiction and essays earned her a Nobel Prize nomination and prizes across Europe, cementing her as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
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Marguerite Yourcenar 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. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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