Marguerite Yourcenar

French-American · 1903–1987

French-American novelist and essayist, the first woman elected to the Académie française, renowned for her historical novels of classical antiquity.

“Tout ce qui n’est pas moi m’est incompréhensible.”
Français

“Everything that is not me is incomprehensible to me.”

“Fonder des bibliothèques, c’était encore construire des greniers publics, amasser des réserves contre un hiver de l’esprit.”
Français

“The founding of libraries was like constructing more public granaries, amassing reserves against a spiritual winter.”