Marguerite Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), 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.
Born in French Indochina, to two teachers (immigrants from France), growing up in Indochina. She was sent to France before World War II (to continue her education), and experienced that war as a young woman in occupied France.
Den franske forfatter og filmskaber Marguerite Duras' (1914-1996) berømte selvbiografiske roman om en purung fransk piges erotiske forhold til en rig kinesisk forretningsmand i 1920'ernes Indokina. Romanen udkom oprindeligt i 1984 på fransk; den danske oversættelse fulgte året efter.