Marguerite Yourcenar named to the Academie Francaise.

Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first woman named to the Academie Francaise, the most prestigious literary society in France. Her writing, including the widely acclaimed novel, Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), often dealt with gay themes and characters. Yourcenar was together with her partner, Grace Frick, for more than forty years.

1981-01-22