Claire Julie de Nanteuil (née, Pascalis;

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s, Mrs. P. de Nanteuil and Mrs. de Nanteuil; 27 October 1834 – 17 June 1897) was a 19th-century French writer. She was a two time recipient of the

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. Nanteuil died in 1897

Biography

Claire Julie Pascalis was born in

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on 27 October 1834 (or 1829).Departmental archives of Yvelines, marriage certificate n°84 drawn up in Bougival on 05/09/1853, views 199 and 200. (in French) She was the daughter of Caroline Éléonore de La Porte des Coupres and Jacques-Joseph Pascalis, politician, deputy of the Var from 1837 to 1848. She married Georges Émile de Nanteuil de la Norville, adviser to the Court of Auditors. Using the names "Mrs. P. de Nanteuil" or "Mrs. de Nanteuil", she was the author of novels for young people. They were illustrated with engravings by Alfred Paris and Felician von Myrbach-Rheinfeld, and published by

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. Her works include: ''Capitaine'', 1888; ''L'Épave mystérieuse'', 1891; ''Trois demandes en mariage'', 1891; ''En esclavage'', 1891; ''Une poursuite'', 1892 ; ''Le Secret de la grève'', 1893; ''Alexandre Vorzof'', 1894; ''L'héritier des Vaubert'', 1895; and ''Monnaie de singe'', 1898. Nanteuil won the

twice from the

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: in 1888 for ''Capitaine'' and in 1890 for ''L'épave mysterious''. Claire Julie de Nanteuil died in the

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, on 17 June 1897 (or 1902).Archives of Paris, death certificate n°934 drawn up on 06/18/1897, view 31. (in French)

Selected works

* ''Capitaine'', 1888
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* ''L'Épave mystérieuse'', 1891
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* ''Trois demandes en mariage'', 1891 * ''En esclavage'', 1891 * ''Une poursuite'', 1892
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* ''Le Secret de la grève'', 1893 * ''Alexandre Vorzof'', 1894 * ''L'héritier des Vaubert'', 1895
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* ''Monnaie de singe'', 1898
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanteuil, Claire Julie de 1834 births 1897 deaths 19th-century French novelists 19th-century French women writers French children's writers French untitled nobility French women children's writers French women novelists Writers from Paris