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Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour (Brussels, June 8, 1903 - Mount Desert Island, December 17, 1987). This article is a general introduction to French literature For detailed information on French literature in specific historic periods see the separate historical articles in the Medieval French literature is for the purpose of this article Literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle For more information on historical developments in this period see Renaissance, History of France, and Early Modern France. French literature of the 17th century &mdashthe so-called Grand Siècle &mdashspans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici French literature of the 18th century usually refers to the literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798 the year French literature of the nineteenth century is for the purpose of this article literature written in French from (roughly 1799 to 1900 French literature of the twentieth century is for the purpose of this article literature written in French from (roughly 1895 to 1990 Contemporary French literature is French literature roughly from the 1990s to Today. Chronological list of French language authors (regardless of nationality by date of birth A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest Island off the coast of Maine. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Her first novel, Alexis, was published in 1929. Her intimate companion at the time, a translator named Grace Frick, invited her to America, where she lectured in comparative literature in New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York She and Frick became lovers in 1937, and would remain so until Frick's death in 1979. [1]

In 1951 she published, in France, the French-language novel Mémoires d'Hadrien (translated as Memoirs of Hadrian), which she had been writing with pauses for a decade. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Memoirs of Hadrian is a Novel by the French Writer Marguerite Yourcenar about the life and death of Roman Emperor The novel was an immediate success and met with great critical acclaim.

In this novel Yourcenar recreated the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world, the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who writes a long letter to Marcus Aurelius, his successor and adoptive son. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of Publius Aelius Hadrianus (January 24 76 &ndash July 10 138 as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor The Emperor meditates on his past, describing both his triumphs and his failures, his love for Antinous, and his philosophy. For the constellation see Antinous (constellation; for the Asteroid, see 1863 Antinous; for the mythological figure see Antinous son of Eupeithes This novel has become a modern classic, a standard against which fictional recreations of Antiquity are measured. However, some Israeli critics objected to Yourcenar's "underplaying" Hadrian's harsh repression of the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea, for which this emperor is remembered as a villain in Jewish tradition. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Background After the failed Great Jewish Revolt in the year 70 the Roman authorities took measures to suppress the rebellious province Judea or Judæa ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "praised

Yourcenar was elected as the first female member of the Académie française, in 1980. L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. One of the respected writers in French language, she published many novels, essays, and poems, as well as three volumes of memoirs.

Yourcenar lived much of her life at Petite Plaisance in Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Northeast Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island in the town of Mount Desert in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest Island off the coast of Maine. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Petite Plaisance is now a museum dedicated to her memory.

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  1. ^ Marguerite Yourcenar (2002-02-21). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Retrieved on 2007-06-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem

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Preceded by
Roger Caillois		 Seat 3
Académie française
1980-1987		 Succeeded by
Jean-Denis Bredin
Roger Caillois ( 3 March 1913 - 21 December 1978) was a French Intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy by seat number L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Jean-Denis Bredin was born May 17, 1929 in Paris By profession an attorney he was elected to the Académie française June 15, 1989
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