Claude Silve
French writer
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Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix, Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne (11 August 1887 – 27 July 1978), better known by her pen name Claude Silve (French pronunciation: [klod silv]), was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Prix Femina, a French literary prize, in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.
11 August 1887
Claude Silve | |
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Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novel Bénédiction. | |
| Born | Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix 11 August 1887 |
| Died | 27 June 1978 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Writer |
She also received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of the Académie Française in 1912 for her first book, La Cité des lampes.[1]
Silve was born into a noble family, the House of Lévis (better known as the Lévis-Mirepoix), and was the sister of writer and historian Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix.
On 29 May 1927 she married Count Joseph François Marie Jules de la Forest Divonne, thus becoming Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne,[2] though she is most commonly remembered by her pen name.
Works
- 1912: La Cité des lampes
- 1929: La Fièvre bleue
- 1935: Bénédiction, Prix Femina
- 1936: Le Palertin
- 1937: Arpèges
- 1938: Un jardin vers l'Est
- 1941: Lumière cendrée
