[Collection of materials related to Marguerite Yourcenar] [1957-1985, bulk 1979-1985]

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[Collection of materials related to Marguerite Yourcenar] [1957-1985, bulk 1979-1985]

Collection consists of personal correspondence from Marguerite Yourcenar to Katherine Gatch, a letter from Yourcenar to Miss Marion Witt (Feb. 24, 1958), and newspaper and magazine clippings about Yourcenar. Correspondence to Gatch includes: photocopy of typescript of memorial service for Grace Frick and autograph letter, Nov. 16, 1979; greeting card, postmarked Dec. 26, 1985, with draft response written on back of envelope; postcard, June, 9, 1983; Christmas card, Dec. 20, 1979.

18 items : ill. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7994262

Wellesley College

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Yourcenar, Marguerite, 1903-1987

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Marguerite Yourcenar (8 June 1903 – 17 December 1987) was a French novelist and essayist born in Brussels, Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize. In 1980, Yourcenar was the first female member elected to the Académie française. Yourcenar's house on Mount Desert Island (Maine), Petite Plaisance, is now a museum dedicated to her memory. ...

Gatch, Katherine.

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