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Yourcenar, Marguerite
Yourcenar, Marguerite ( 1903 – 88 ),French classical scholar and historical novelist, born Marguerite de Crayencour in Brussels. Her first novel, Alexis ( 1929 ), was followed by many others, notably Mémoires d'Hadrien ( 1951 , translated by her friend and companion Grace Frick , 1954 , as Memoirs of Hadrian).
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