{"id":847,"date":"2011-02-20T17:42:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2011\/02\/20\/marguerite-duras-a-saigon\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:52:17","slug":"marguerite-duras-a-saigon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2011\/02\/20\/marguerite-duras-a-saigon\/","title":{"rendered":"Marguerite DURAS \u00e0 Sa\u00efgon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La relation de la jeune Marguerite Donnadieu avec L\u00e9o, l&rsquo;indochinois devenu <em>L&rsquo;Amant<\/em> dans l&rsquo;oeuvre du m\u00eame nom, dure entre 1929 et 1931, ann\u00e9es durant lesquelles Marguerite a entre 15 et 17 ans et fr\u00e9quente le lyc\u00e9e Chasseloup-Laubat, aujourd&#8217;hui Le Quy Don. La premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e, Marguerite est pensionnaire \u00e0 Sa\u00efgon, alors que sa m\u00e8re habite \u00e0 Sadec. La seconde ann\u00e9e, ils vivent \u00e0 Sa\u00efgon. Madame Donnadieu a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e directrice d&rsquo;une \u00e9cole de jeunes filles et la maison familiale se trouve pr\u00e8s du lyc\u00e9e Chasseloup-Laubat, dans l&#8217;ancienne rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui Vo Van Tan, au num\u00e9ro 141.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9o n&rsquo;est pas beau. La m\u00e8re et le fr\u00e8re de Marguerite la poussent dans les bras de cet homme riche, qui va aider financi\u00e8rement la famille Donnadieu, en grande difficult\u00e9 depuis qu&rsquo;un mauvais investissement l&rsquo;a ruin\u00e9e (cf. la triste histoire racont\u00e9e dans <em>Un barrage contre le Pacifique<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Marguerite est trait\u00e9e de \u00ab\u00a0plus jeune tra\u00een\u00e9e de Sa\u00efgon\u00a0\u00bb au lyc\u00e9e. Son ann\u00e9e de troisi\u00e8me est calamiteuse, mais ses capacit\u00e9s en \u00e9criture se r\u00e9v\u00e8lent en seconde et elle devient du jour au lendemain une bonne \u00e9l\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s deux ans de relation, L\u00e9o apprend \u00e0 Marguerite que son p\u00e8re refuse le mariage. Les Donnadieu quittent l&rsquo;Indochine l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 1931[[Ils s&rsquo;installent bient\u00f4t \u00e0 Vanves, 16 boulevard Victor Hugo.]]. Marguerite y reviendra un an plus tard pour une derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e au lyc\u00e9e Chasseloup-Laubat.<\/p>\n<p>Madame Donnadieu jouait aussi du piano \u00e0 l&#8217;Eden Cin\u00e9ma rue Catinat, actuel passage Eden Mall rue Dong Khoi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2313\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2313\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon1_400.jpg\" alt=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"507\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon1_400.jpg 507w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon1_400-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 94vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2314\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2314\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon5_700.jpg\" alt=\"L'Eden Mall, avant sa destruction en d\u00e9cembre 2010 (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"L'Eden Mall, avant sa destruction en d\u00e9cembre 2010 (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"730\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon5_700.jpg 730w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon5_700-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 94vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&rsquo;Eden Mall, avant sa destruction en d\u00e9cembre 2010 (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2315\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2315\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon6_530.jpg\" alt=\"L&#8217;Eden Mall (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"L&#8217;Eden Mall (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"560\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon6_530.jpg 560w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon6_530-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 94vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&#8217;Eden Mall (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2316\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2316\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon2_600.jpg\" alt=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"652\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon2_600.jpg 652w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon2_600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 94vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2317\" style=\"width: 633px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2317\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon3_600.jpg\" alt=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"633\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon3_600.jpg 633w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon3_600-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 94vw, 633px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le lyc\u00e9e Le Quy Dong (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2318\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2318\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon9_500.jpg\" alt=\"La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"526\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon9_500.jpg 526w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon9_500-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 94vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2319\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter size-full wp-image-2319\" src=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon7_500.jpg\" alt=\"La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" title=\"La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).\" class=\"caption\" align=\"center\" width=\"530\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon7_500.jpg 530w, https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jpg_DurasSaigon7_500-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 94vw, 530px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La maison de la rue Testard, aujourd&#8217;hui 141 Vo Van Tan (photo Emmanuelle du Pasquier).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Voir aussi <a href=\"http:\/\/societeduras.free.fr\/page6\/page6.html\">http:\/\/societeduras.free.fr\/page6\/page6.html<\/a> et <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margueriteduras.org\">www.margueriteduras.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source : <em>Marguerite Duras<\/em>. Laure Adler, Gallimard, 1998.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voir aussi :<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2003\/08\/14\/marguerite-duras-a-paris\/\">60<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2003\/08\/14\/marguerite-duras-a-trouville\/\">61<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/2003\/08\/14\/marguerite-duras-a-neauphle-le-chateau\/\">62<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La relation de la jeune Marguerite Donnadieu avec L\u00e9o, l&rsquo;indochinois devenu L&rsquo;Amant dans l&rsquo;oeuvre du m\u00eame nom, dure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3930,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/3930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terresdecrivains.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}