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Pierre de Coulevain
1853–1927
A French novelist who wrote under a masculine pen name, she became known for lively, often autobiographical fiction that resonated with readers at the turn of the twentieth century. Her books move through travel, society, and independence with a personal, observant touch.
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Ève victorieuse
by Pierre de Coulevain
Voittoisa nainen
by Pierre de Coulevain
About the author
Pierre de Coulevain was the pen name of Jeanne Philomène Laperche, a French writer born in Bordeaux on April 9, 1853, who died in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 16, 1927. She published fiction under this name and is remembered for novels whose autobiographical flavor sometimes blurred the line between author and narrator.
Her work found a wide readership in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Noblesse américaine brought her major recognition, and later novels including Sur la branche, L'Île inconnue, Ève victorieuse, and Le Roman merveilleux helped build her reputation. She was also associated with the Prix Femina jury from its early years into the 1920s.
After family losses in the early 1900s, she traveled extensively, and that sense of movement and personal freedom fed into her writing. Later accounts note that after the death of her son during the First World War, she published very little beyond a children's book, L'Épreuve de Georges.