Alix André (née, Caseneuve; 17 April 1909 – 6 July 2000) was a French
romance novel
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ist. Between 1942 and 1980, she wrote dozens of books, some of which were translated into several other languages or reprinted episodically in women's magazines. She was a recipient of the Prix de l'
Académie des jeux floraux
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Also known as the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Académie des Jeux ...
and the
Montyon Prize
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History
Prior to the start of the French ...
. André died in 2000.
Biography
Alix Caseneuve was born on 17 April 1909 in
Lavelanet
Lavelanet (; ''L'Avelhanet'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.
Population
Its inhabitants are called ''Lavelanetiens.''
Tour de France
In 2 ...
,
Ariège. She married Antoine André, owner of the Château de Pech-Latt in
Lagrasse
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,
which produced a white wine typical of the
Corbières appellation d'origine contrôlée
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. They had three children, Philippe, Serge and Jacques.
André began writing novels in 1942 for
Éditions Tallandier. Her first work, ''Notre-Dame des neiges'', received the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux. Through 1980, she wrote around fifty popular romance novels in French, which were translated into several other languages and reprinted episodically in various women's magazines.
She won the Montyon Prize in 1951 for ''Lac aux ours''.
Alix André died on 6 July 2000 in
Carcassonne
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Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...
.
Awards
* Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux
* Montyon Prize, 1951
Selected works
# ''Notre-Dame des Neiges'', 1942
# ''Son altesse mon mari'', 1944
# ''Le Prince blanc'', 1946
# ''Escale dans la tempête'', 1947
# ''La Route sans étoiles'', 1947
# ''Le Chevalier errant'', 1947
# ''L'Hymne au soleil'', 1947
# ''Celle qu'on n'attend pas'', 1948
# ''Le Seigneur de Grunfeld'', 1948
# ''L'Éternel Passant'', 1948
# ''La Maison du corsaire'', 1950
# ''Lac aux ours'', 1950
# ''Karen, étudiante'', 1951
# ''L'Homme des solitudes'', 1951
# ''Tamanova'', 1952
# ''L'Ennemie'', 1953
# ''Les loups hurlent'', 1953
# ''Ordre du prince'', 1954
# ''Un mariage sans importance'', 1954
# ''Pour Tessa'', 1955
# ''Tu seras ma vie'', 1955
# ''La Dame de Malhanté'', 1956
# ''La Tornade'', 1956
# ''L'Héritage des Dunham'', 1957
# ''On demande un amour'', 1957
# ''D'or et de feu'', 1958
# ''Le Maître de Mortcerf'',1958
# ''L'Écuyer de la reine'', 1959
# ''Dans l'ombre de Stéphane'', 1960
# ''Tout l'amour du monde'', 1962
# ''Ce soir-là à Venise'', 1963
# ''La Folle Aventure'', 1964
# ''Mon amour aux yeux clos'', 1964
# ''Trois roses pour une infante'', 1965
# ''Mon seigneur de Cornouailles'', 1966
# ''Un homme venu de la nuit'', 1966
# ''Ce mal (qu'on)
'ppelle l'amour'', 1968
# ''La Nuit du Val-Sauvage'', 1970
# ''Les Cent chevaux du roi'', 1971
# ''Un jour, mon prince viendra...'', 1972
# ''Un très brillant pirate'', 1974
# ''L'Infidèle'', 1976
# ''Les Neiges d'Offenburg'', 1977
# ''Le "Concerto de l'Empereur"'', 1979
Notes
References
External links
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1909 births
2000 deaths
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French women writers
French romantic fiction writers
People from Ariège (department)
People from Aude