author
Olga de Pitray
1835–1909
A French writer for young readers from the famous Ségur family, she published lively moral tales and domestic adventures in the late 19th century. Her books belong to the same world of family reading that made the Comtesse de Ségur a classic name in children’s literature.
2 Audiobooks
Voyages abracadabrants du gros Philéas
by Olga de Pitray
Les enfants des Tuileries
by Olga de Pitray
About the author
Born Olga de Ségur in 1835, she was the daughter of the Comtesse de Ségur and later became the vicomtesse de Pitray. She wrote in French and built a substantial body of work for younger readers, publishing novels and edifying stories in the second half of the 19th century.
Her books include titles such as Les Triomphes de Mauviette, Le Château de la Pétaudière, Le Fils du maquignon, and Cœur-de-fer. The records available through the Bibliothèque nationale de France show a long list of works linked with children’s literature, didactic writing, and the educational novel.
Some sources give her death year as 1920 rather than 1909, so the dates attached to her name can vary by catalog or edition. What is clear is that she belongs to a literary family that shaped generations of French childhood reading, and her own stories helped extend that tradition.