Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip (born 1938) is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. The daughter of a tribal leader, she was born in Eséka; her father had about fifty children from several different mothers. She was schooled at home at first and then attended school locally. Then, she studied at a college for girls in Douala, where she wrote her novel "Ngonda". In 1956, she won a contest sponsored by "Elle" magazine and Air France that allowed her to travel to France; she returned the following year. In 1958, she studied for her baccalauréat at the Lycée Général Leclerc in
Marie-Claire Daveluy Montreal Historical Society. In 1924, she received the for her historical novel "Aventures de Perrine et Charlot". In 1934, she received the Prix de l'Académie Française and a second Prix David for "Jeanne-Mance, 1606-1673". She died in Montreal at the age of 87. Marie-Claire Daveluy Marie-Claire Daveluy (August 15, 1880 – January 21, 1968) was a Canadian librarian, historian and writer. She is considered a pioneer in library science in Canada. The daughter of Georges Daveluy and Marie Lesieur Desaulniers, she was born in Montreal and was educated at the Hochelaga Convent. She earned a degree in library science at