Yourcenar, Marguerite

1903 - Born in Brussels; birth of a French-US (Belgian-born) author and classical scholar

1947 - naturalized US citizen

1951 - came up with her best known among her novels, critical essays, play, and poetry was the novel The Memoirs of Hadrian

1976 - Other works in translation include The Abyss

1980 - 1st woman elected to French Academy

1981 -was the first woman member of the Academic Francaise

-She wrote in French but had lived in the United States since 1940.

1984 - The Dark Brain of Piranesi and other Essays

1985 - Oriental Tales

1987- Died on December 17