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

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

department, she was the daughter of Georges Viollet-le-Duc and Renée Defau. Her great-grandfather was the architect

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France. His major restoration projects included Notre-Dame de Paris, ...

. 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

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

and won several prizes, including the

Prix Broquette-Gonin The prix Broquette-Gonin was a former prize awarded by the Académie française. It rewarded four disciplines: history, literature, philosophy and poetry. A separate prize was awarded by subject. Prix Broquette-Gonin (history) The prix Broque ...

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

Notice
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 20th-century French women writers French women centenarians