Duras, Marguerite Syllabification: (Du·ras, Marguerite)Pronunciation: /d(y)o͝oˈrä/Definition of Duras, Marguerite (1914–96), French novelist, movie director, and playwright; pseudonym of Marguerite Donnadieu. Her works include the screenplay for Hiroshima mon amour (1959), as well as the semiautobiographical novel L’Amant (1984). Duras, Marguerite in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Duras, Marguerite in the British & World English dictionary