Alice Marie Céleste Durand (' Fleury; 12 October 1842 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
– 26 May 1902) was a French writer best known under her pen name Henry Gréville.
The daughter of a professor, she accompanied her father to
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, studied languages and science and married Émile Durand, a French law professor at Petersburg, with whom she returned to France in 1872.
Gréville had already published novels in St. Petersburg journals: ''A travers des champs'' and ''Sonia'', and continued her production in France, first with the novels ''Dosia'' (1876) and ''L'Expiation de Savéli'' (1876), depicting Russian society. Her first full novel ''Dosia'' was awarded the
Montyon Prize
The Montyon Prize (french: Prix Montyon) is a series of prizes awarded annually by the French Academy of Sciences and the Académie française. They are endowed by the French benefactor Baron de Montyon.
History
Prior to the start of the French ...
and saw many editions. Her books were translated in many European languages.
Works
* ''A travers des champs''
* ''Sonia''
* ''La Fille de Dosia'' (1876)
* ''L'Expiation de Savéli'' (1876)
* ''La Princesse Oghérof'' (1876)
* ''Les Koumiassine'' (1877)
* ''Suzanne Normis'' (1877)
* ''La Maison de Maurèze'' (1877)
* ''Les Épreuves de Raïssa'' (1877)
* ''L'Amie'' (1878)
* ''Un violon russe'' (1879)
* ''Lucie Rodey'' (1879)
* ''Le Moulin Frappier'' (1880)
* ''La cité Ménard'' (1880)
* ''L'Héritage de Xénie'' (1880); Published in German as ''Erbschaft Xenias'' in Engelhorn's allgemeine Roman-Bibliothek series (1888)
* ''Madame de Dreux'' (1881)
* ''Rose Rozier'' (1872)
* ''Un crime'' (1884)
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* ''Idylle....'' (1885)
* ''Cléopâtre'' (1886)
* ''Zitka or the Trials of Raissa'' no date stamp on the paperback from Royal Publishing Company.
* ''Aurette'' (1891)
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1842 births
1902 deaths
Writers from Paris
French women novelists
19th-century male writers
19th-century French women writers
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