Claire de Duras

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Claire de Duras
Born	(1777-03-23)23 March 1777 Brest, Brittany, France
Died	16 January 1828(1828-01-16) (aged 50) Nice, France
Occupation	Novelist
Notable works	Ourika, Edouard and Olivier

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.