"If you love life you also love the past, because it is the… - Marguerite Yourcenar

"If you love life you also love the past, because it is the present as it has survived in memory." Translation by David Downie

Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8 1903 – December 17 1987) was a Belgian-born French novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Marguerite Yourcenar. She was the first woman to be elected to the Académie française.

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Alternative Names: Yourcenar • Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour • Marguerite de Crayencour • Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour

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