Geneviève Viollet-le-Duc
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Geneviève Viollet-le-Duc | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 March 1909 |
| Died | 9 December 2011 (aged 102) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Geneviève Viollet-le-Duc (2 March 1909 – 9 December 2011) was a French writer.
Born at Neuilly-sur-Seine in the Hauts-de-Seine department, she was the daughter of Georges Viollet-le-Duc and Renée Defau. Her great-grandfather was the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. She married (and later divorced) Eugène Marcombes, a doctor, whose father was the politician Philippe Marcombes.
In recognition of her work, she was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and won several prizes, including the Prix Broquette-Gonin and the Prix Albéric Rocheron.
