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

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.

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

References

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