Surville, Laure (1800–1871)

views updated

Surville, Laure (1800–1871)

French author. Born Laure de Balzac in 1800; died 1871; sister of famous French novelist Honoré de Balzac; married to a civil engineer.

Wrote Balzac, sa vie et ses Oeuvres d'aprèssa correspondance (1858).

More From encyclopedia.com