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Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Yourcenar

Born June 8, 1903 · Brussels, Belgium

Died December 17, 1987 · aged 84

Marguerite Yourcenar (born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour; 8 June 1903 – 17 December 1987) 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. Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleen…

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The AbyssThe Abyss · 1988
The Abyss
★ 5.41988
MovieDrama
The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.
How Wang-Fo Was SavedHow Wang-Fo Was Saved · 1987
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
★ 7.11987
MovieDramaAnimation
Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfection. A day comes when he thinks he has achieved it. But his genius arouses both the curiosity and the jealousy of the Emperor. Wang Fo will be able to escape the Emperor's vindictiveness only by going to the limit of his talents.
Coup de GrâceCoup de Grâce · 1976
Coup de Grâce
★ 6.41976
MovieWarDrama
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
Memorie di AdrianoMemorie di Adriano · 2026
Memorie di Adriano
2026
MovieDramaHistory
A one-night theatrical performance adapted from Marguerite Yourcenar’s epistolary novel, performed for TV in the monumental Canopo at Villa Adriana (Tivoli). Directed and starring Alessandro Preziosi (with Elisa Di Eusanio), it blends theater, music, and contemporary art installations by Alfredo Pirri, with original music by Giacomo Vezzani and live interventions featuring saxophonist Stefano Di Battista and violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon.
Bookshop: Marguerite Yourcenar: ChenonceauBookshop: Marguerite Yourcenar: Chenonceau · 1991
Bookshop: Marguerite Yourcenar: Chenonceau
1991
Movie
Presentation of Marguerite Yourcenar's book about the famous Loire water castle Chenonceau as the "Castle of Women"
Le dialogue dans le marécageLe dialogue dans le marécage · 1973
Le dialogue dans le marécage
★ 9.01973
Movie
The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the Italian Middle Ages.
De l'autre côtéDe l'autre côté · 1989
De l'autre côté
★ 7.01989
SeriesAnimation
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