Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 March 1996

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

I took off my left shoe and tied small branches and straw against my leg. I lit several candles together and let the candlewax drip over the branches and my leg until a kind of shell was formed. Then I cut loose all the ropes and left the small stake behind.
(24 June 2005)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 3rd of March 1996 29 years ago
Writer and experimental filmmaker Marguerite Duras born as Marguerite Donnadieu dies of throat cancer at the age of 82 in 5 Rue Saint-Benoît, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.