num_pages: 176
description: Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) was born into an aristocratic Flemish family in Brussels. She first started to write in her adolescent years. After the death of her father, she was able to support herself independently by her writing, producing many novels, plays, poems, critical essays, letters, and three volumes of personal memoirs, most of which were written in French and translated into English.
language: English
title: Yourcenar
titlecomplete: Yourcenar (Life&Times series)
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Haus Publishing