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

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, a French

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, in 1935 for her novel ''Bénédiction''. She also received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of the

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in 1912 for her first book, ''La Cité des lampes''. Silve was born into a noble family, the

House of Lévis The House of Lévis or Lévis-Mirepoix is a French noble family. The family originally came from the village of Lévis-Saint-Nom in the Chevreuse valley, in the Yvelines département of Île-de-France. There are several notable members of the fa ...

(better known as the Lévis-Mirepoix), and was the sister of writer and historian

Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix Antoine Pierre Marie François Joseph de Lévis-Mirepoix, 5th Duke of San Fernando Luis, GE (1 August 1884 in Léran, Ariège – 16 July 1981, in Lavelanet) was a French historian, novelist and essayist. He was known as duke of Lévis-Mi ...

. On 29 May 1927 she married Count Joseph François Marie Jules de la Forest Divonne, thus becoming Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne, though she is most commonly remembered by her

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Works

* 1912: ''La Cité des lampes'' * 1929: ''La Fièvre bleue'' * 1935: ''Bénédiction'',

* 1936: ''Le Palertin'' * 1937: ''Arpèges'' * 1938: ''Un jardin vers l'Est'' * 1941: ''Lumière cendrée''

References

External links

Claude Silve
on Babelio
Claiude Silve
on the site of the Académie française *
''Une terre de l'esprit'' by Claude Silve
on ''

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'' 1887 births 1978 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers Prix Femina winners 20th-century French women writers People from Ariège (department) {{France-writer-stub