Christine de Rivoyre

Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre (née le 29 novembre 1921 à Tarbes et décédée le 3 janvier 2019 dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris) était une journaliste, écrivaine et scénariste française.

Prix Interallié pour Le Petit Matin (1968), Prix Pierre-de-Régnier (1979), Prix Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco et Grand Prix Paul-Morand de littérature pour l'ensemble de son œuvre, elle a été membre du jury de le prix Médicis de 1971.

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Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre was a French journalist and writer. She was born in Tarbes, France. She was educated in Catholic schools and then received a degree in literature from the Sorbonne. She continued her studies at the University of Syracuse before beginning as a journalist for Le Monde and then becoming 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.