Geneviève Viollet-le-Duc (2 March 1909 – 9 December 2011) was a French writer. Born at

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

in the

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, she was the daughter of Georges Viollet-le-Duc and Renée Defau. Her great-grandfather was the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. She married (and later divorced) Eugène Marcombes, a doctor, whose father was the politician Philippe Marcombes. In recognition of her work, she was made a Commander of the

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and won several prizes, including the

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and the Prix Albéric Rocheron.

Works

*1965: ''La Flèche de Notre-Dame de Paris'' *1965: ''Viollet-le-Duc à Rome, 30 octobre 1836–4 juin 1837'' *1968: ''Restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris : Découverte'' *1968: ''Viollet-le-Duc à Vézelay : Mairie de Vézelay'' *1971: ''Mérimée : Notes et documents, comptes rendus, informations, bibliographie'' *1972: ''Édition des Lettres d’Italie de Viollet-le-Duc'' (Prix Albéric Rocheron) *1978: ''Édition de la Correspondance de Paul-Louis Courrier'' (

) *1994: ''Esthétique appliquée à l'histoire de l'art suivi de Viollet-le-Duc et l'Ecole des beaux-arts : la bataille de 1863–64'' *2000: ''Les Viollet-le-Duc, histoire d'une famille, documents et correspondances''

External links

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on the site of the Académie française
Biography
on ''Who's Who in France'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Viollet-le-Duc, Genevieve Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) 20th-century French non-fiction writers Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Writers from Neuilly-sur-Seine 1909 births 2011 deaths French centenarians 20th-century French women writers Women centenarians