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Native name | Louise Drevet |
Born | Marie-Louise Chaffanel 19 December 1835 Grenoble |
Died | 23 July 1898 Grenoble | (aged 62)
Pen name | Léo Ferry |
Occupation | novelist |
Language | French |
Citizenship | French |
Genre | novel |
Spouse | Xavier Drevet |
Louise Drevet, née Marie-Louise Chaffanel (19 December 1835, Grenoble – 23 July 1898, Grenoble)[1] was a French novelist. She was co-founder, editor and contributor to newspaper Le Dauphiné.[1]
Marie-Louise Chaffanel was born in Grenoble on 19 December 1835 to a family from Grésivaudan.[1] Her first literary work was published in Le Voeu national in 1855. In 1857, she married an editor Xavier Drevet.[2] Together they founded a newspaper Le Dauphiné with the aim to increase awareness of the Dauphiné Alps.[1]
Under the pseudonym Léo Ferry Louise Drevet wrote weekly column for Le Dauphiné and remained its editor for 35 years.[2] At the same time, under her married name Louise Drevet, she published numerous fictionalized works on Dauphinoise legends or local history, grouped under the title Nouvelles et légendes dauphinoises.[1]
Her stories were so popular in the region that she was called the Walter Scott of the Dauphiné.[2] She has also collaborated on works intended to make the Dauphiné better known, such as Les Promenades en Dauphiné.[1] Although it is difficult to estimate the exact number of her publications, Louise Drevet, is said to have written more than 60 novels, short stories and legends.[2]
Louise Drevet died on 23 July 1898 in Grenoble.[1]
A street in Grenoble is named after her.[3]