Ève Curie
Ève Curie | |
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Curie in 1937 | |
| Born | Ève Denise Curie December 6, 1904 Paris, France |
| Died | October 22, 2007 (aged 102) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, pianist |
| Citizenship | France (1904–2007) United States (1958–2007) |
| Education | Collège Sévigné |
| Notable works | Madame Curie (1937) Journey Among Warriors (1943) |
| Notable awards | National Book Award (1937) Croix de guerre Légion d'Honneur (2005) |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Marie Curie (mother) Pierre Curie (father) Irène Joliot-Curie (sister) |
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (French pronunciation: [ɛv dəniz kyʁi labwis]; December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie and her brother-in-law was Frédéric Joliot-Curie. She worked as a journalist and authored her mother's biography Madame Curie and a book of war reportage, Journey Among Warriors. From the 1960s she committed herself to work for UNICEF, providing help to children and mothers in developing countries. Ève was the only member of her family who did not choose a career as a scientist and did not win a Nobel Prize, although her husband, Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr., did collect the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 on behalf of UNICEF, completing the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prize winners.