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Marguerite Duras was a French writer, filmmaker, and playwright.
* She was born in Gia Định, French Indochina (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in 1914.
* She moved to France in 1932 and studied law and mathematics.
* She published her first novel, Les Impudents, in 1943.
* She is best known for her novels, including Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (1950), Moderato Cantabile (1958), and L'Amant (1984).
* She also wrote screenplays for several films, including Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and India Song (1975).
* She died in Paris in 1996.
* Her work has been translated into over 40 languages and she is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century.