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 Jamet harp and orchestra, flute and harp, harp alone. From 1959 to 1978, she also headed the "Marie-Claire Jamet quintet", composed of a flute, a string trio and a harp. Christian Lardé, José Sanchez, Jacques Dejean, and Pierre Degenne were parts of this renown quintet that left many recordings. Marie-Claire Jamet was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 16 March 1995, then an officer 13 July 2012. Marie-Claire Jamet Marie-Claire Jamet (born 27 November 1933 in Reims) is a French classical harpist. Marie-Claire Jamet is the daughter of Pierre Jamet, also a harpist. After winning the 1st prize of harp