Alix André
BornAlix Caseneuve
17 April 1909
Lavelanet, Ariège, France
Died6 July 2000
Carcassonne, France
Occupationromance novelist
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
Notable works
  • Notre-Dame des neiges
  • Lac aux ours
Notable awards
SpouseAntoine André
Children3

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.[2]

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.[2] She won the Montyon Prize in 1951 for Lac aux ours.[3]

Alix André died on 6 July 2000 in Carcassonne.[4][2]

Awards

  • Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux
  • Montyon Prize, 1951

Selected works

  1. Notre-Dame des Neiges, 1942
  2. Son altesse mon mari, 1944
  3. Le Prince blanc, 1946
  4. Escale dans la tempête, 1947
  5. La Route sans étoiles, 1947
  6. Le Chevalier errant, 1947
  7. L'Hymne au soleil, 1947
  8. Celle qu'on n'attend pas, 1948
  9. Le Seigneur de Grunfeld, 1948
  10. L'Éternel Passant, 1948
  11. La Maison du corsaire, 1950
  12. Lac aux ours, 1950
  13. Karen, étudiante, 1951
  14. L'Homme des solitudes, 1951
  15. Tamanova, 1952
  16. L'Ennemie, 1953
  17. Les loups hurlent, 1953
  18. Ordre du prince, 1954
  19. Un mariage sans importance, 1954
  20. Pour Tessa, 1955
  21. Tu seras ma vie, 1955
  22. La Dame de Malhanté, 1956
  23. La Tornade, 1956
  24. L'Héritage des Dunham, 1957
  25. On demande un amour, 1957
  26. D'or et de feu, 1958
  27. Le Maître de Mortcerf,1958
  28. L'Écuyer de la reine, 1959
  29. Dans l'ombre de Stéphane, 1960
  30. Tout l'amour du monde, 1962
  31. Ce soir-là à Venise, 1963
  32. La Folle Aventure, 1964
  33. Mon amour aux yeux clos, 1964
  34. Trois roses pour une infante, 1965
  35. Mon seigneur de Cornouailles, 1966
  36. Un homme venu de la nuit, 1966
  37. Ce mal (qu'on) [s']appelle l'amour, 1968
  38. La Nuit du Val-Sauvage, 1970
  39. Les Cent chevaux du roi, 1971
  40. Un jour, mon prince viendra..., 1972
  41. Un très brillant pirate, 1974
  42. L'Infidèle, 1976
  43. Les Neiges d'Offenburg, 1977
  44. Le "Concerto de l'Empereur", 1979

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Notes

  1. ↑ List established from the catalog of Gallica.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Infos Lagrasse". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Lagrasse Bulletin Communal, no. 28. 2007. p. 24. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "La romancière Alix André vivait à Carcassonne - Musique et patrimoine de Carcassonne". musiqueetpatrimoinedecarcassonne.blogspirit.com (in French). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Andrée d'ALIX". www.academie-francaise.fr. Académie française. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "matchID - Moteur de recherche des décès". deces.matchid.io (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Alix André". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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