Marguerite Duras (April 4, 1914 to March 3, 1996), the French writer, and director, was prolific, and some of her work is translated into English. Her Aurelia Steiner stories (1979) include a white cat. That cat she said, was herself, and also Jewish. Her work familiar beyond France includes the screenplay for Hiroshima Mon Amour. (1959).
She read Spinoza and medieval mystics, according to one biographer, Laure Adler . (Marguerite Duras: A Life ((1998)), translation by Anne-Marie Glasheen). She is one of the best writers of the last century, but it was, the 20th century. God was absent, but in her words, he left an empty chair. She said that is why she drank.
As is so often the case, she is a better writer, than a thinker. It is possible she flinched less than most artists.
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