The media are not toys… they can be entrusted only to new artists, because they are art forms.
(McLuhan, 1954)
Marguerite Duras
Hiroshima Mon Amour text by Marguerite Duras for the film by Alain Resnais Publisher: Grove Press Country: USA (New York) Year: 1961 Format: Book, paperback
Marguerite Donnadieu known as Marguerite Duras was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. She was associated with the nouveau roman French literary movement, although she did not belong definitively to any one group. She was noted for her command of dialogue.