Claire de Duras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claire de Duras

French writer

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1777

Place of Birth: Brest, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1828

Profession: writer, salonnière

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Claire, Duchess of Duras (née de Kersaint; 1777–1828) was a French writer best known for her 1823 novel called Ourika, which examines issues of racial and sexual equality, and which inspired the 1969 John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.