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Madame Henri de La Ville de Mirmont
1860–1933
Known for warm, thoughtful French fiction, this early-20th-century writer published under her married name and left behind stories that include Christmas tales, novels, and a moving book about her son Jean de La Ville de Mirmont.
1 Audiobook
Contes de Noël
by Madame Henri de La Ville de Mirmont
About the author
Born Sophie Malan in Pau on November 4, 1860, she wrote in French under the name Madame Henri de La Ville de Mirmont. French library records identify her as an author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the French Wikipedia entry on her notes that she became known by this pen name after her marriage to Henri de La Ville de Mirmont.
Her published works include Histoire d'un honnête garçon (1903), Contes de Noël, and La Voie royale. She also wrote Vie de Jean de La Ville de Mirmont, a tribute to her son, the writer Jean de La Ville de Mirmont.
She died in 1933. While detailed biographical information is limited in the sources available, her surviving books suggest a writer drawn to family feeling, moral reflection, and the intimate tone of classic French storytelling.