Claude Silve

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, was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Prix Femina, a French literary prize, in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.

Claude Silve
Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novel Bénédiction.
Born
Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix

11 August 1887
Léran, Ariège (department)
Died27 June 1978(1978-06-27) (aged 90)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
OccupationWriter

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 May 29, 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

References
  1. "Claude SILVE, Académie française". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. "Ecole Navale / Espace tradition / Officiers célèbres". ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
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