Olga de Pitray

Born Olga de Ségur in 1835, she was the daughter of the Comtesse de Ségur, one of the best-known French children's authors of the 19th century. She later became Vicomtesse de Pitray and published under the name Olga de Pitray.

Her books include Les Débuts du gros Philéas, Les Enfants des Tuileries, Le Trait d’union, Les Triomphes de Mauviette, Le Château de la Pétaudière, and Le Fils du maquignon. These titles place her among French writers who created fiction for younger readers, often with a strong sense of family life and moral education.

She is also remembered for Mon bon Gaston, souvenirs intimes et familiers, a personal book about her brother Gaston de Ségur. While some sources disagree on the year of her death, major library and reference records identify her as living from 1835 to 1920.