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We, her children, are heroic, dersperate.

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Marguerite Duras
Age: 81 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 4
Died: 1996
Died: March 3
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Gia Định Province
Marguerite Donnadieu
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu
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