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Christine de Rivoyre

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TMDB ID: 1523846

IMDb ID: nm0211175

Known for: Writing

Born: November 29, 1921

Died: January 3, 2019

Age: 97

Place of birth: Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1966 - 1976

Years active: 11

Wikidata: Q2966014

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Biography

Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre (29 November 1921 – 3 January 2019) was a French journalist and writer. The daughter of Francois Denis de Rivoyre and Madeleine Ballande, she was born in Tarbes. She was educated in Catholic schools and then received a degree in literature from the Sorbonne. She continued her studies at the Syracuse University. De Rivoyre wrote articles for Le Monde and then became literary editor for Marie Claire. Her first novel L'Alouette au miroir, published in 1955, received the Prix des Quatre Jurys. Several of her novels have been made into films: La Mandarine (1957), 1971 film; Les Sultans (1964), 1968 film; Le Petit matin (1968), 1971 film - novel received the Prix Interallié. De Rivoyre received the Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco in 1979 and the Grand Prix de Littérature Paul Morand in 1984 from the Académie française for her work. She was named an Officier in the French Legion of Honour. Source: Article "Christine de Rivoyre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.