Alix André (née, Caseneuve; 17 April 1909 – 6 July 2000) was a French romance novelist. Between 1942 and 1980, she wrote dozens of books, some of which were translated into several other languages or reprinted episodically in women's magazines. She was a recipient of the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux and the Montyon Prize. André died in 2000.
Biography
Alix Caseneuve was born on 17 April 1909 in Lavelanet, Ariège. She married Antoine André, owner of the Château de Pech-Latt in Lagrasse,[1] which produced a white wine typical of the Corbièresappellation d'origine contrôlée. They had three children, Philippe, Serge and Jacques.[2]
André began writing novels in 1942 for Éditions Tallandier. Her first work, Notre-Dame des neiges, received the Prix de l'Académie des jeux floraux. Through 1980, she wrote around fifty popular romance novels in French, which were translated into several other languages and reprinted episodically in various women's magazines.[2] She won the Montyon Prize in 1951 for Lac aux ours.[3]