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Biography
Elvire de Brissac (born January 19, 1939) is a French novelist and biographer.
Early life
Elvire de Brissac was born on January 19, 1939. Her father Pierre de Cossé Brissac was the 12th Duke of Brissac, a businessman and author. Her mother Marie-Zélie Schneider, a.k.a. May Schneider, was an heiress to the Schneider-Creusot fortune. She grew up at the Château de Brissac in Brissac-Quincé, Maine-et-Loire, France.
Career
She is a novelist and biographer.
She received the Prix des Deux Magots for A Pleur-Joie in 1969, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle and the Prix Contrepoint for Un long mois de septembre in 1972, the Prix Goncourt for Les anges d'en bas in 1999, and the Prix Femina Essai for Ô dix-neuvième! in 2001.
Personal life
She resides at the Château d'Apremont-sur-Allier in Apremont-sur-Allier, Cher, France. She is unmarried.