Soufiane Ababri
Bedwork / Marguerite Duras loving and hating Yann Andrea, 2020
crayon, colored pencil and pastel on paper
90 x 101 cm
35 3/8 x 39 3/4 in
35 3/8 x 39 3/4 in
Yann Andréa (1952-2014) was a French writer. Marguerite Duras (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker....
Yann Andréa (1952-2014) was a French writer.
Marguerite Duras (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. While married to Robert Antelme, Duras acted on her belief that fidelity was absurd. She created a ménage à trois when she started an affair with Dionys Mascolo, who fathered one of her sons.
During the final two decades of Duras’ life, she experienced various health issues. Starting in 1980 she was hospitalized for the first time from a combination of alcohol and tranquilizers. She was also undergoing various detoxification procedures to help her recover from her alcohol addiction. After being hospitalized in October 1988 she fell into a coma that lasted until June 1989.
Paralleling her health issues in the 1980s, Duras began having a relationship with a homosexual actor named Yann Andréa (1980-1996). Yann Andréa would help Duras through her various health issues. Duras would later detail these interactions and companionship in her final book Yann Andréa Steiner.
Marguerite Duras (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. While married to Robert Antelme, Duras acted on her belief that fidelity was absurd. She created a ménage à trois when she started an affair with Dionys Mascolo, who fathered one of her sons.
During the final two decades of Duras’ life, she experienced various health issues. Starting in 1980 she was hospitalized for the first time from a combination of alcohol and tranquilizers. She was also undergoing various detoxification procedures to help her recover from her alcohol addiction. After being hospitalized in October 1988 she fell into a coma that lasted until June 1989.
Paralleling her health issues in the 1980s, Duras began having a relationship with a homosexual actor named Yann Andréa (1980-1996). Yann Andréa would help Duras through her various health issues. Duras would later detail these interactions and companionship in her final book Yann Andréa Steiner.