S1·E271 Marguerite Yourcenar
Synopsis
Novelist, poet, essayist and the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise, Marguerite Youreenar lives and writes on her island refuge off the coast of Maine. Her work ranges from a series of celebrated historical novels, including a classic study of the Emperor
Hadrian, to translations of blues and gospel songs.
Characteristically, Yourcenar is indifferent to public honour. The intellectual elite of the Academy, she says,
'decided to take a woman. It happened that woman was me.' In Arena this week, she talks about her life and work to writer and critic Peter Conrad.
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When did Season 1 Episode 271 of Arena air?
Season 1, Episode 271 ('Marguerite Yourcenar') originally aired on February 11, 1986.
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Novelist, poet, essayist and the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise, Marguerite Youreenar lives and writes on her island refuge off the coast of Maine. Her work ranges from a series of celebrated historical novels, including a classic study of the Emperor Hadrian, to translations o...
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