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Colette Yver
1874–1953
A prolific French novelist and essayist, she won the Prix Femina in 1907 for Princesses de science. Her books often explored women's education, work, and family life through a distinctly Catholic and conservative lens.
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Comment s'en vont les reines
by Colette Yver
Princesses de science
by Colette Yver
About the author
Born Antoinette de Bergevin in Segré, France, on July 28, 1874, she wrote under the name Colette Yver and spent much of her life associated with Rouen. She became known as a remarkably productive author, publishing novels, essays, and other works over several decades.
Her best-known success came with Princesses de science, which won the Prix Femina in 1907. Many of her books focus on the changing place of women in modern society, especially the tension between professional ambition and domestic expectations.
She died in Rouen on March 17, 1953. Today, she is remembered as a notable French Catholic writer of the Belle Époque and early twentieth century, both for her literary success and for the way her work reflects the debates of her time.