Claude Silve
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Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novel Bénédiction.
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| Born |
Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix 11 August 1887 Léran, Ariège (department) |
| Died | 27 June 1978 (aged 90) Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| Occupation | Writer |
Claude Silve, née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix (11 August 1887 – 27 July 1978) was a French writer, recipient of the Prix Femina, a French literary prize, in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.
Née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix was the sister of writer and historian Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix who later became Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne. Née Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix is most commonly remembered by her pen name, Claude Silve.
She received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of the Académie Française in 1912 for her first book La Cité des lampes and the Prix Femina in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.
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