22 moments

1. Birth in Gia Định

   1914-04-04 · Gia Định, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

   

   Marguerite Donnadieu, later known as Marguerite Duras, was born in Gia Định, then in French Indochina. Gia Định is now part of Ho Chi Minh City; coordinates represent the historic Gia Định area.

2. Family stay in France

   1922-01-01 · France

   After her father’s death, Duras lived in France with her mother and brothers during her mother’s administrative leave. The source establishes France but not a more specific locality; coordinates are a representative national point.

3. Move to Phnom Penh

   1924-06-01 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

   Duras travelled with her mother and brothers when her mother took up a new posting in Phnom Penh.

4. Secondary school in Saigon

   1928-01-01 · Lycée Lê Quý Đôn, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

   

   Duras enrolled for secondary education at the Collège and Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat in Saigon, now Lycée Lê Quý Đôn. The school is now called Lycée Lê Quý Đôn.

5. Studies at École technique Scientia

   1931-01-01 · Auteuil, 16th arrondissement, Paris, France

   After the family’s move to France, Duras continued her education at the private École technique Scientia in Auteuil. Coordinates represent Auteuil; the source does not provide the school’s street address.

6. Holiday in Trouville-sur-Mer

   1932-01-01 · Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

   While on holiday during her period of study in France, Duras first encountered Trouville-sur-Mer and the Normandy coast, to which she later returned. The source places the visit in the 1932 biographical sequence but does not provide a month.

7. Return to Saigon

   1932-01-01 · Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

   

   Duras returned to Saigon late in 1932, completed the philosophy option of the second baccalaureate, and continued at Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat. The school is now Lycée Lê Quý Đôn.

8. University studies in Paris

   1933-01-01 · Faculty of Law, Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, France

   

   Duras left Indochina permanently in autumn 1933 and enrolled at the Paris law faculty while also pursuing mathematics studies. Coordinates represent the historic University of Paris law-faculty area on Rue Saint-Jacques.

9. Residence at 5 rue Saint-Benoît

   1942-10-01 · 5 rue Saint-Benoît, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France

   

   Duras and Robert Antelme moved into the third-floor apartment at 5 rue Saint-Benoît during the German occupation; it became a major setting for her wartime and postwar intellectual life.

10. Visit to rue des Saussaies

    1944-07-01 · Rue des Saussaies, 8th arrondissement, Paris, France

    

    During the occupation, Duras went to rue des Saussaies to bring a package for her imprisoned husband, Robert Antelme. The source dates the encounter that followed to July 1944; the precise day is not stated.

11. House in Neauphle-le-Château

    1958-01-01 · 1 rue du Docteur-Grellière, Neauphle-le-Château, France

    Duras bought a country house in Neauphle-le-Château and lived there for roughly two decades, making it a central place of writing and filmmaking. Coordinates identify Duras’s former house; the residence period is approximate in the source.

12. Filming India Song at the Palais Rothschild

    1975-01-01 · Palais Rothschild, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    

    Duras directed India Song at the Palais Rothschild in Boulogne, one of the principal locations of her experimental filmmaking. The 1975 date follows the film’s documented release and Duras’s direction; the quoted passage does not provide a more precise filming date.

13. Filmed interview at Hôtel des Roches Noires

    1976-01-01 · Hôtel des Roches Noires, Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

    

    Duras was filmed for Michelle Porte’s Les Lieux de Marguerite Duras at the former Hôtel des Roches Noires in Trouville, discussing the importance of place in her work. The catalogue dates the film to 1976; it does not provide a more precise recording date.

14. Travel in Israel

    1978-01-01 · Israel

    Duras travelled in Israel before making Césarée, a film that evokes the ancient city through imagery filmed in Paris. The source identifies Israel but no specific locality; coordinates are a representative national point.

15. Hyères Film Festival

    1979-01-01 · Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

    At the Hyères Film Festival, Duras met Jean-Pierre Ceton, whose account of friends in Caen contributed to the circumstances in which she later met Yann Andréa. Coordinates represent central Hyères; the festival venue is not specified.

16. Hospitalization in Saint-Germain-en-Laye

    1980-01-01 · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France

    Duras was taken to hospital in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and remained there for five weeks during a period of severe alcohol-related health difficulties. The specific hospital building is not identified; coordinates represent Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

17. Meeting Yann Andréa in Trouville

    1980-01-01 · Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

    Duras and Yann Lemée, whom she renamed Yann Andréa, met again in Trouville-sur-Mer; she housed him and he became her companion. The source’s immediately preceding 1980 narrative establishes the year but not a more precise date.

18. Press conferences in Montreal

    1981-01-01 · Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    Duras travelled to Canada for a series of press conferences in Montreal while continuing film work with Yann Andréa. The conference venue is not specified; coordinates represent central Montréal.

19. Detoxification at the American Hospital of Paris

    1982-10-01 · American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

    

    Duras entered detoxification treatment at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

20. Interview with François Mitterrand at home

    1984-01-01 · 5 rue Saint-Benoît, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France

    

    Duras began a series of interviews with François Mitterrand at her home on rue Saint-Benoît for L’Autre Journal. The source gives the year but not the date of the first interview.

21. Interviews at the Élysée Palace

    1984-01-01 · Élysée Palace, 8th arrondissement, Paris, France

    

    After the first interview at Duras’s home, her meetings with President François Mitterrand continued at the Élysée Palace. The source gives the year but not individual meeting dates.

22. Death at rue Saint-Benoît

    1996-03-03 · 5 rue Saint-Benoît, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France

    

    Duras died at her longtime third-floor apartment at 5 rue Saint-Benoît in Paris.