Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre (29 November 1921 – 3 January 2019) was a French journalist and writer.

Biography

The daughter of Francois Denis de Rivoyre and Madeleine Ballande, she was born in

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. She was educated in

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schools and then received a degree in literature from the

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. She continued her studies at the

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. De Rivoyre wrote articles for ''

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'' and then became literary editor for ''

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''. Her first novel ''L'Alouette au miroir'', published in 1955, received the Prix des Quatre Jurys. Several of her novels have been made into films: * ''La Mandarine'' (1957); 1971 film * ''Les Sultans'' (1964); 1968 film * ''Le Petit matin'' (1968); 1971 film - novel received the

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De Rivoyre received the Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco in 1979 and the Grand Prix de Littérature Paul Morand in 1984 from the

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for her work. She was named an Officier in the French

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References

1921 births 2019 deaths People from Tarbes French women journalists French women novelists Prix Interallié winners Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French women writers University of Paris alumni Syracuse University alumni Le Monde writers {{France-writer-stub