Christine de Rivoyre
Christine de Rivoyre (born November 29, 1921 in Tarbes ; † January 3, 2019 ) was a French writer and journalist .
Career
De Rivoyre studied English and American studies at the Sorbonne and at Syracuse University and worked as a journalist for Le Monde, among others, and was the literary editor of Marie Claire until 1966 . After that she devoted herself mainly to writing. She lived in Paris and Onesse-Laharie .
In 1955 she published her first novel, L'Alouette au miroir , which received the Prix des Quatre Juries. Three of her novels were filmed ( La Mandarine from 1957, filmed in 1971 by Édouard Molinaro with Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret , Les Sultans from 1964, filmed in 1966 by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida , Le Petit matin from 1968, filmed in 1971 by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco , with Mathieu Carrière and Catherine Jourdan ). Her novel Le petit matin received the Prix Interallié and deals with a love story during the German occupation between a German officer and a French woman in the Landes . Many of her works are set in the Landes and she campaigned for nature conservation there.
She was an officer of the Legion of Honor and commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
She has received several prizes from the Académie francaise: in 1956 the Prix Max Barthou (for her first novel), in 1979 the Prix Pierre de Régnier for her complete works and in 1984 the Grand Prix de Littérature Paul Morand. In 1982 she received the Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco Prix.
She was on the jury of the Prix Médicis .
Christine de Rivoyre died in early January 2019 at the age of 97.
Novels
- L'Alouette au miroir. Plon, Paris 1955
- La mandarine. Plon, Paris 1957
- La tete en fleurs. Plon, Paris 1960
- La Glace à l'ananas. Plon, Paris 1962
- Les Sultans. Grasset, Paris 1964
- Le Petit Matin. Grasset, Paris 1968, 2008
- with Alexandre Kalda: Le Seigneur des chevaux. Julliard, Paris 1969
- Fleur d'agonie. Grasset, Paris 1970 (German title: Black flower love. In search of happiness . German by Karin von Zabiensky . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1972)
- Boy. Grasset, Paris 1973, 2003 (German title: Boy . Deutsch by Klara Obermüller , Aufbau Verlag, Berlin and Weimar 1977)
- Le Voyage à l'envers. Grasset, Paris 1977; Hachette, Paris, 1977 (German title: Reise nach Rückwärts . German by Lothar von Versen . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. Etc. 1978)
- Belle Alliance. Grasset, Paris 1982
- Reine-mère. Grasset, Paris 1985
- Crépuscule, waist unique. Grasset, Paris 1989
- Racontez-moi les flamboyants. Grasset, Paris 1995
- Archaka . Grasset, Paris 2007
German Translations (original title unclear)
- The strong sex . German by Friedrich H. Stratmann . Rowohlt 1969
- Blinded Lark . German by Susa Ackermann . Kossodo, Frankfurt / M. 1957
- Love is capitalized and small . With 64 drawings by Hans Georg Lenzen . German by Ursula Schottelius . Hoffmann et al. Campe, Hamburg 1958
Web links
- Christine de Rivoyre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frederic Manet: La romancière Christine de Rivoyre est morte. In: lemonde.fr . January 4, 2019, accessed January 4, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Christine de Rivoyre. In: Academie Francaise. Retrieved January 4, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rivoyre, Christine de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarbes |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd January 2019 |