Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 578
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ISBN-10 : 0226735443
ISBN-13 : 9780226735443
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Download or read book Marguerite Yourcenar written by Josyane Savigneau and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most respected writers in the French language and best known as the author of Memoirs of Hadrian and The Abyss, Yourcenar received countless literary honors and became the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise. An uncompromising and intimate portrait. 50 halftones.


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