Authors born on June 8

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• 1903 Marguerite Yourcenar

  Marguerite Yourcenar was a French novelist, essayist, and memoirist, best known for her historical novels and for being the first woman elected to the Académie Française. Her most celebrated work is 'Memoirs of Hadrian,' which is considered a modern classic. [bio]