Sylvie Weil (born 1942) is a French professor and writer. She is known for her novels for children and her writing about her prominent intellectual family, which includes

André Weil André Weil (; ; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His influence is du ...

and

Simone Weil Simone Adolphine Weil ( ; ; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality, and politics have remained widely influential in cont ...

Biography

Weil was born in the United States in 1942. Her family moved to Brazil when she was three and then to Chicago when she was five. Much of her education took place in Paris. Weil is the daughter of mathematician

and the niece of the philosopher

. Weil never met her aunt, who died shortly after she was born. It is said that the two women shared "an uncanny physical resemblance". Weil's memoir about her family, ''Chez les Weil: André et Simone'', was translated into English as ''At Home with André and Simone Weil''. In 2002, Weil won the

Prix Sorcières The Prix Sorcières () is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories. The categories were renamed in 2018. The prizewinners are decided jointly by the ALSJ (''Association des L ...

, a prize for French-language children's literature, for her novel ''Le Mazal d'Elvina''. The English translation, ''My Guardian Angel'', was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers in 2004, and the sequel ''Elvina's Mirror'' was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers in 2010. The Sydney Taylor awards recognize distinguished contributions to Jewish children's literature.

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