Marguerite Duras is the pseudonym of Marguerite Donnadieu—novelist, screenwriter, and French film director. In 1932, she moved to Paris and studied law, mathematics, and political science. In 1943 she published her first work, La impudicia (Impudence); over 20 twenty novels, screenplays, and dramatic texts including, The Lover (1984). In 1977 she wrote and directed Le camion (The Truck) starring Gerard Depardieu.