by Marguerite Yourcenar · MUNDO ACTUAL DE EDICIONES S. A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788474543018
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«Memorias de Adriano» is the historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Mundo Actual de Ediciones S. A. in hardcover (239 pages, in Spanish).
The work is presented as a long letter from Emperor Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius, his adopted grandson and successor. In it he reviews his life: military campaigns, love of poetry and music, philosophy, and his relationship with Antinous, in a meditation on power, death, and the meaning of existence.
Translation by Julio Cortázar. 1984 edition published in Barcelona by Mundo Actual de Ediciones; the original French work, «Mémoires d'Hadrien», won the Prix Femina Vacaresco in 1952.
A title for readers of historical fiction and biographical fiction seeking an introspective and philosophical look at ancient Rome.
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
