Christine de Rivoyre

Christine de Rivoyre

Birth : 1921-11-29, Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Death : 2019-01-03

History

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.

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Christine de Rivoyre

Movies

Le petit matin
Novel
Nina lives with her family in a superb property in the French region of Landes. She loves her cousin Jean who is overprotected by his possessive mother, Eva. There is war and, after the French defeat, Jean wants to reach London.
The Sultans
Dialogue
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.
The Sultans
Writer
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.