Marguerite Duras

Associated with the "nouveau roman" school, Duras generally eschewed action and plot in favor of stylized meditations on themes such as memory, subjectivity and the nature of human relationships. Many of her novels were autobiographical, calling upon her childhood in French Indochina (now Vietnam). She published her last book, written in dated entries, "That's All" in 1995. Duras died on March 3, 1996. She had been married to the writers Robert Antelme and Dionys Mascolo.