Claude Silve | |
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 Claude Silve in 1935 signing her novelBénédiction. | |
| Born | Philomène de Lévis-Mirepoix 11 August 1887 |
| Died | 27 June 1978(1978-06-27) (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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 nameClaude Silve (French pronunciation:[klodsilv]), was a French writer. She was a recipient of thePrix Femina, a Frenchliterary prize, in 1935 for her novelBénédiction.
She also received the Prix Maillé-Latour-Landry of theAcadémie Française in 1912 for her first book,La Cité des lampes.[1]
Silve was born into a noble family, theHouse of Lévis (better known as the Lévis-Mirepoix), and was the sister of writer and historianAntoine 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 herpen name.
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