Claire, Duchess of Duras was a French writer best known for her 1823 novel called Ourika, which examines issues of racial and sexual equality, and which inspired the 1969 John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.

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Occupation: salonnière, writer, duke
Citizenship: France
Born: March 22, 1777, March 23, 1777, March 22, 1778, February 27, 1777
Died: January 16, 1828, 1829

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Claire de Duras

French writer

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