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Marguerite Duras

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The Resume

    (April 4, 1914-March 3, 1996)
    Born in Gia-Dinh, French Indochina (Vietnam)
    Birth name is Marguerite Donnadieu
    Best known for autobiographical novel ‘The Lover’ (1984)
    Wrote screenplay for ‘Hiroshima, Mon Amour’ (1959)
    Directed ‘India Song’ (1975)

Why she might be annoying:

    As a teen, she had an affair with a wealthy Chinese businessman, possibly for money.
    When she turned leftwing, she downplayed her earlier support of French colonialism.
    She worked as a censor for the occupying Nazis in France (but later joined the French Resistance).
    She falsely claimed to have tortured a French collaborator.
    A lifelong alcoholic, she spent much of her final years plastered.
    In old age she fell in love with a gay man 38 years her junior.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her father died when she was four.
    Her mother’s attempts to run a rice plantation impoverished the family.
    Her mother and older brother physically abused her.
    She helped pioneer the nouveau roman, a genre that stressed details over plot.
    She claimed to have rescued fellow Resistance fighter (and future French president) Francois Mitterand.
    She suffered from hallucinations in her later years.

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 83 Votes: 32.53% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 124 Votes: 65.32% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 101 Votes: 80.20% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying