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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
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