Elvire de Brissac
| Elvire de Brissac | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1939 (age 78) |
| Residence | Château d'Apremont-sur-Allier |
| Occupation | Novelist, biographer |
| Parent(s) |
Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac Marie-Zélie Schneider |
| Relatives |
Eugène Schneider (maternal great-great-grandfather) Henri Schneider (maternal great-grandfather) Eugène Schneider, II (maternal grandfather) Charles Schneider (maternal uncle) Lilian Constantini (maternal aunt) |
Elvire de Brissac (born 1939) is a French novelist and biographer.
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.
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.
She resides at the Château d'Apremont-sur-Allier in Apremont-sur-Allier, Cher, France. She is unmarried.
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