Diane de Margerie

Diane Jacquin de Margerie (24 December 1927 – 25 August 2023) was a French woman of letters and translator from English. Biography Diane de Margerie was the daughter of Jenny Fabre-Luce (1896–1991) and Roland de Margerie (1899–1990). Her father was the nephew of writer Edmond Rostand and the cousin of Gérard Mante, who married Marcel Proust's niece. Her mother was loved by Rainer Maria Rilke. Diane de Margerie was 's sister (1923–2003), a Jesuit and theologian, and Emmanuel de Margerie (1924–1991), ambassador of France to the United States. Margerie first married Prince Ricardo Pignatelli della Leonessa (1927–1985). A son was born in 1952, Fabrizio Pignatelli della Leonessa. She married in second marriage the writer Dominique Fernandez; the couple had a son, , and a daughter, Laetitia Fernandez.