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Marguerite Duras

1914 to 1996 6 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Marguerite Duras across 3 places, from 1914 to 1996. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Marguerite Duras was documented, and when

4 April 1914exact date
Ho Chi Minh Cityattested “Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam).” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1921year
Franceattested “Duras' father fell ill and he returned to France, where he died in 1921, when Duras was seven years old.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1931year
Franceattested “In 1931, when she was 17, Duras and her family moved to France where she successfully passed the first part of the baccalaureate with the choice of Vietnamese as a foreign language, as she spoke it fluently.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1932year
Ho Chi Minh Cityattested “Duras returned to Saigon in late 1932 where her mother found a teaching post.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1933 to 1936period
Parisattested “In autumn 1933, Duras moved to Paris, graduating with a degree in public law in 1936.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
3 March 1996exact date
Parisattested “Duras died at her home in Paris on 3 March 1996, aged 81.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras

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Places Marguerite Duras is documented in

France2 presences · 1921 to 1931Paris2 presences · 1933 to 1996
Ho Chi Minh City2 presences · 1914 to 1932

Other places tied to Marguerite Duras in the record

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1922 to 1924period
Francementioned “Between 1922 and 1924, the family lived in France while her mother was on administrative leave.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1944year
Buchenwaldmentioned “Duras' husband, Antelme, was deported to Buchenwald in 1944 for his involvement in the Resistance, and barely survived the experience (weighing on his release, according to Duras, just 38 kg, or 84 pounds).” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras
1950year
Francementioned “In 1950, her mother returned to France from Indochina, wealthy from property investments and from the boarding school she had run.” source: Wikipedia: Marguerite Duras

Documented at the same place, the same year

François MitterrandParis · 1996Sergiu CelibidacheParis · 1996György KurtágParis · 1996Frida BoccaraParis · 1996Charles LindberghFrance · 1931Joseph JoffreFrance · 1931Nicholas WintonFrance · 1931Alejo CarpentierFrance · 1931Caterina ValenteFrance · 1931Jean-Louis BarraultFrance · 1931Yves CongarFrance · 1931Leon TrotskyParis · 1933

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