Talk:Marguerite Yourcenar
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privately published seems self-contradictory. Shouldn't it rather be privately printed?
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I might be wrong, but I remember that Marguerite Yourcenar died recently; I would say 2003 or 2004, certainly not 1987. Positron
According to http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/yourcenar.htm, the date of death is correct. RickK 22:06, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
Sorry, you are right. What I heard of in 2003 was the centenary celebration. Positron
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[edit] "Antinous"
I would guess that "Antinous" is actually Antoninus Pius. So is the novel in the form of a letter to Antoninus Pius, or to Marcus Aurelius? -- Jmabel 07:39, Jun 27, 2004 (UTC)
- I believe it starts "Mon cher Marc", and does not specifically address anyone else, but I need to confirm this. martin
Antinous is the youth who receives Hadrian affection, not Antoninus Pius.
[edit] Time spent on Hadrian's Memoirs
In Yourcenar's own afterword to Hadrian, I think she says she spent several decades on the book. Again--this is something to verify. martin (June 2005)
[edit] French and English titles
I've done my best to line up the French and English titles of works. I suspect that a few more of the English titles may correspond to specific works published in French, but I've done what I could sort out. - Jmabel | Talk 04:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Distracting orange message
The big orange message at the top of the page is very distracting to people who are only reading.
I thought it reffered to me, a casual and random reader.
Better state who you are referring to specifically.
Thanks.
[edit] WikiProject class rating
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[edit] Yourcenar is born in Brussels
I've changed the nationality of Yourcenar in Belge for she was borne in Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. I'm not sure what here native language was, but the nobility of Belgium (She came out a nobel family) usually spoke/speaks French.
However it should be noted that here real name Cleenewerck de Crayencour is actually typical Flemish (A Dutch dialect). Her first name Marguerite is very typical for Belgic women and goes back to the nobel family of Karel Van Gent-Habsburg (in Spanish Carlo V), who was also king of Spain, besides Count of Flanders and Holland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.146.146.230 (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] She is born in Brussels, but she was french
His parents were french, she had the french nationality, she changed and came to the States, and at the end of her life, she took the french nationality to enter at the Academie Française. But she is french
