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Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987).
Born June 8th, 1903 in Brussels.
Died December 17th, 1987 at 84 years old in Bar Harbor.
Occupations
autobiographer, essayist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, poet, short story writer, translator, university teacher, writer
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