Sylvie Weil (born 1942) is a French professor and writer. She is known for her novels for children and her writing about her prominent intellectual family, which includes
André Weil
André Weil (; ; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was a founding member and the ''de facto'' early leader of the mathematical Bourbaki group. Th ...
and
Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil ( , ; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Over 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work, since 1995.
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Biography
Weil was born in the United States in 1942. Her family moved to Brazil when she was three and then to Chicago when she was five. Much of her education took place in Paris.
Weil is the daughter of mathematician
André Weil
André Weil (; ; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was a founding member and the ''de facto'' early leader of the mathematical Bourbaki group. Th ...
and the niece of the philosopher
Simone Weil
Simone Adolphine Weil ( , ; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Over 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work, since 1995.
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. Weil never met her aunt, who died shortly after she was born.
It is said that the two women shared "an uncanny physical resemblance".
Weil's memoir about her family, ''Chez les Weil: André et Simone'', was translated into English as ''At Home with André and Simone Weil''.
In 2002, Weil won the
Prix Sorcières The Prix Sorcières is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories. The categories were renamed in 2018.
The prizewinners are decided jointly by the ALSJ (''Association des Libra ...
, a prize for French-language children's literature, for her novel ''Le Mazal d'Elvina''.
The English translation, ''My Guardian Angel'', was named a
Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers in 2004, and the sequel ''Elvina's Mirror'' was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers in 2010. The Sydney Taylor awards recognize distinguished contributions to Jewish children's literature.
References
1942 births
Living people
21st-century French writers
French memoirists
21st-century French women writers
21st-century memoirists
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