Claude Silve

Claude Silve

Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novel Bénédiction.
Born Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix
11 August 1887
Léran, Ariège (department)
Died 27 June 1978(1978-06-27) (aged 90)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Occupation Writer

Claude Silve, née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix (11 August 1887 – 27 July 1978) was a French writer, recipient of the Prix Femina, a French literary prize, in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.

Née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix was the sister of writer and historian Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix who later became Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne. Née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix is most commonly remembered by her pen name, Claude Silve.

She received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of the Académie Française in 1912 for her first book La Cité des lampes[1] and the Prix Femina in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.

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References

  1. "Claude SILVE, Académie française". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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