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Who was Marguerite Yourcenar?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
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Qui était Marguerite Yourcenar ?
Who was Marguerite Yourcenar?
Answer. A French writer, the first woman elected to the Academie francaise (1980).
Une écrivaine française, première femme élue à l'Académie française (1980).
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903 to 1987) wrote Memoirs of Hadrian. Her election to the Academie francaise in 1980 is an important date for the place of women in culture.
The official text that proves it
« Elle devient en 1980 la première femme élue à l’Académie française, ce qui en fait une figure emblématique de la place des femmes dans la culture. »
In 1980 she becomes the first woman elected to the Academie francaise, making her an emblematic figure for the place of women in culture.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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