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Claude Voilier
1917-11-09 – 2009-05-22
Life & Legacy
Claude Voilier (9 November 1917 – 22 May 2009) was a French teacher, journalist, translator (especially of popular English children's series such as The Three Investigators and The Dana Girls into French), and a prolific author, having written over 600 short stories for various French magazines, and about 400 stories for children. In the English-speaking world, she is best known for her continuation of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five series of children's adventure novels.
Claude Voilier was born Andrée Labedan around 1930. She wrote two popular novels for children, Le Manoir des cinq preux and Celle qu'on retrouva. She was living in Arcachon (Gironde), France, at the time of her death in May 2009.
Occupation & Career
journalist, writer, translator, children's writer, teacher
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1928444 — wikidata View source
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