Diane Jacquin de Margerie (born 24 December 1927) is a French woman of letters and translator from English.

Biography

Diane de Margerie is the daughter of Jenny Fabre-Luce (1896–1991) and

Roland de Margerie Roland Jacquin de Margerie (1899 – July 1990) was a French diplomat. He was the son of the diplomat Pierre de Margerie (1861-1942), who was Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1914 and French Ambassador to Berlin after ...

(1899–1990). Her father was the nephew of writer

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...

and the cousin of Gérard Mante, who married

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous Eng ...

's niece. Her mother was loved by Austrian writer

Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...

. Diane de Margerie is 's sister (1923–2003), a

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and

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, and

Emmanuel de Margerie Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS (11 November 1862 – 20 December 1953) was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913. Awards and honours Margerie was awarded the Cullum Geog ...

(1924-1991), ambassador. She first married Prince Ricardo Pignatelli della Leonessa (1927–1985). A son was born in 1952, Fabrizio Pignatelli della Leonessa. She marries in second marriage the writer

Dominique Fernandez Dominique Fernandez (born 25 August 1929) is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores homosexual experience and creativity. In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini; and in ...

; the couple had a son, , and a daughter, Laetitia Fernandez. A novelist, literary critic, short story writer, biographer, translator, de Margerie is the author of a diverse work. Once a member of the

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...

jury, she has received several awards. She lived in China and Italy. Her work leaves much room for autobiography. In ''La Femme en pierre'' (1989), de Margerie celebrates the

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, the city where she lives. With ''Isola, Retour des îles Galapagos'', she recounts, in a poetic style, her impressions of travel.

Work

*1974: ''Le Détail révélateur'', novel,

Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion * Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...

, Paris *1976: ''Le Paravent des enfers'', novel, Flammarion *1979: ''L’Arbre de Jessé'', novel, Flammarion *1979: ''La Volière'', récit, , Paris *1980: ''Ailleurs et autrement'', short stories, Flammarion *1982: ''Duplicités'', short stories, Flammarion *1985: ''Le Ressouvenir'', Flammarion *1989: ''La Femme en pierre'',

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

, coll. « L'un et l'autre », Paris *1992: ''

(Marcel et Léonie)'', Christian Pirot *1994: ''Le Jardin secret de Marcel Proust'', album, photographs by André Martin,

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, Paris *1996: ''Dans la spirale'', Gallimard, coll. « Haute Enfance », Paris *1997: ''Bestiaire insolite du Japon'', Albin Michel *1998: ''Autour de

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'', Christian Pirot *2000: ''

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

, lecture d'une vie'', biography *2001: ''Maintenant'',

Mercure de France The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. The gazette was published f ...

, Paris *2003: ''Isola, Retour des îles Galapagos'', , Paris *2004: ''Aurore et George'', biography, Albin Michel *2006: ''L’Étranglée'', novel, Mercure de France *2007: ''Noces d'encre'', essay, Philippe Rey *2010: ''Proust et l’obscur'', essay, Albin Michel *2012: ''Passion de l’énigme'', Mercure de France *2013: ''Éclats d’insomnie'',

Éditions Grasset The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). History Founder In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, '' Du côté de chez Swann'', ...

*2016: ''De la grenouille au papillon'',

Arléa Arléa is a French publishing house created in 1986. Arléa publishes thirty new titles each year, including pocket ones. His catalog contains more than a thousand titles: the great classics of Antiquity (whether Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit or ...

*2016: ''A la recherche de Robert Proust'', Flammarion

Prizes and distinctions

* 1985: Prix Marcel Proust for ''Le Ressouvenir'' * 1994: Commandeurs of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

* 1996:

Prix Jacques-Chardonne {{short description, French literary award The prix Jacques Chardonne was created in 1986 to reward a French-language work, whether a chronicle, an essay, a newspaper, a story, a short story or a novel. The quality of style and freedom of mind were ...

and prix du Pen club français, for ''Dans la spirale'' * 2000: Prix Marcel-Thiébaut, prix France-Amérique, for ''Edith Warton, lecture d'une vie'' * 2001: Prix littéraire Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco, for all her work * 2004:

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for ''Aurore et George'' * 2008: Commander of the

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* 2009:

Prix Contrepoint The prix Contrepoint is a French literary award established in 1971 by a group of young French novelists and journalists. Each year a French-speaking novelist is selected. According to Bertrand Labes,. this prize was characterized at its creation ...

for ''La passion Brando'' * 2013:

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for ''Éclats d'insomnie'' * 2015: Officier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

References

External links

Diane de Margerie
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''Diane de Margerie quitte le jury du Femina''
on ''LivresHebdo'' (13 November 2014)

on

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Diane de Margerie
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Diane de Margerie raconte sa passion pour l'écriture
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