Alix André Explained
Alix André |
Birth Name: | Alix Caseneuve |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1909 |
Birth Place: | Lavelanet, Ariège, France |
Death Date: | 6 July 2000 |
Death Place: | Carcassonne, France |
Occupation: | romance novelist |
Language: | French |
Nationality: | French |
Spouse: | Antoine André |
Children: | 3 |
Alix André (née, Caseneuve; 17 April 1909 – 6 July 2000) was a French romance novelist. Between 1942 and 1980, she wrote dozens of books, some of which were translated into several other languages or reprinted episodically in women's magazines. She was a recipient of the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux and the Montyon Prize. André died in 2000.
Biography
Alix Caseneuve was born on 17 April 1909 in Lavelanet, Ariège. She married Antoine André, owner of the Château de Pech-Latt in Lagrasse,[1] which produced a white wine typical of the Corbières appellation d'origine contrôlée. They had three children, Philippe, Serge and Jacques.
André began writing novels in 1942 for Éditions Tallandier. Her first work, Notre-Dame des neiges, received the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux. Through 1980, she wrote around fifty popular romance novels in French, which were translated into several other languages and reprinted episodically in various women's magazines. She won the Montyon Prize in 1951 for Lac aux ours.[2]
Alix André died on 6 July 2000 in Carcassonne.[3] [4]
Awards
- Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux
- Montyon Prize, 1951
Selected works
- Notre-Dame des Neiges, 1942
- Son altesse mon mari, 1944
- Le Prince blanc, 1946
- Escale dans la tempête, 1947
- La Route sans étoiles, 1947
- Le Chevalier errant, 1947
- L'Hymne au soleil, 1947
- Celle qu'on n'attend pas, 1948
- Le Seigneur de Grunfeld, 1948
- L'Éternel Passant, 1948
- La Maison du corsaire, 1950
- Lac aux ours, 1950
- Karen, étudiante, 1951
- L'Homme des solitudes, 1951
- Tamanova, 1952
- L'Ennemie, 1953
- Les loups hurlent, 1953
- Ordre du prince, 1954
- Un mariage sans importance, 1954
- Pour Tessa, 1955
- Tu seras ma vie, 1955
- La Dame de Malhanté, 1956
- La Tornade, 1956
- L'Héritage des Dunham, 1957
- On demande un amour, 1957
- D'or et de feu, 1958
- Le Maître de Mortcerf,1958
- L'Écuyer de la reine, 1959
- Dans l'ombre de Stéphane, 1960
- Tout l'amour du monde, 1962
- Ce soir-là à Venise, 1963
- La Folle Aventure, 1964
- Mon amour aux yeux clos, 1964
- Trois roses pour une infante, 1965
- Mon seigneur de Cornouailles, 1966
- Un homme venu de la nuit, 1966
- Ce mal (qu'on) [s']appelle l'amour, 1968
- La Nuit du Val-Sauvage, 1970
- Les Cent chevaux du roi, 1971
- Un jour, mon prince viendra..., 1972
- Un très brillant pirate, 1974
- L'Infidèle, 1976
- Les Neiges d'Offenburg, 1977
- Le "Concerto de l'Empereur", 1979
Notes and References
- Web site: Infos Lagrasse . archive.wikiwix.com . Lagrasse Bulletin Communal, no. 28 . 18 January 2022 . 24 . fr . 2007.
- Web site: Andrée d'ALIX . www.academie-francaise.fr . Académie française . 18 January 2022.
- Web site: matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès . deces.matchid.io . 18 January 2022 . fr.
- Web site: La romancière Alix André vivait à Carcassonne - Musique et patrimoine de Carcassonne . musiqueetpatrimoinedecarcassonne.blogspirit.com . 10 July 2017 . 18 January 2022 . fr.