Philomène Marie Charlotte Gaudérique Félicité Ghislaine de Lévis-Mirepoix, Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne (11 August 1887 – 27 July 1978), better known by her pen name Claude Silve, was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Prix Femina, a French literary prize, in 1935 for her novel Bénédiction.

Claude Silve
Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novel Bénédiction.
Born	Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix 11 August 1887 Léran, Ariège (department)
Died	27 June 1978(1978-06-27) (aged 90) Neuilly-sur-Seine
Occupation	Writer

She also received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of the Académie Française in 1912 for her first book, La Cité des lampes.[1]

Silve was born into a noble family, the House of Lévis (better known as the Lévis-Mirepoix), and was the sister of writer and historian Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix.

On 29 May 1927 she married Count Joseph François Marie Jules de la Forest Divonne, thus becoming Countess Jules de La Forest Divonne,[2] though she is most commonly remembered by her pen name.

Works

• 1912: La Cité des lampes
• 1929: La Fièvre bleue
• 1935: Bénédiction, Prix Femina
• 1936: Le Palertin
• 1937: Arpèges
• 1938: Un jardin vers l'Est
• 1941: Lumière cendrée

References

External links

• Claude Silve on Babelio
• Claiude Silve on the site of the Académie française
• Duc de Levis Mirepoix (1978). Claude Silve. Revue des Deux Mondes.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
• Une terre de l'esprit by Claude Silve on Revue des deux mondes

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