Marguerite Yourcenar. La invención de una vida

Synopsis of Marguerite Yourcenar. La invención de una vida

«Marguerite Yourcenar. La invención de una vida» is the biography of Marguerite Yourcenar by Josyane Savigneau (Alfaguara, paperback, 576 pp., in Spanish).

A reconstruction of Marguerite Yourcenar's life, from a childhood marked by loss and exile to becoming the first woman in the Académie Française. Drawing on letters, diaries and interviews, Savigneau portrays her contradictions, her relationship with André Fraigneau and Grace Frick, and her life in New England, without separating the writer from the woman.

The Spanish text comes from the original French by Josyane Savigneau; this edition was published in 1991.

For readers interested in biographies of writers and in the figure of Marguerite Yourcenar.