Curie, Eve 1904-2007 (Eve Curie Labouisse, Eve Denise Labouisse)

OBITUARY NOTICE—

See index for CA sketch: Born December 6, 1904, in Paris, France; died October 22, 2007, in New York, NY. Biographer, journalist, and musician. Curie is known primarily for her awardwinning biography of her mother, scientist Marie Curie. Madame Curie: A Biography, first published in 1937, was a loving appreciation of her mother, so much so that it avoided mentioning a few negative elements of the elder Curie's life, even though they were common knowledge when she was alive. The book became a classic in its genre. It was translated into many foreign languages and adapted into a film starring Greer Garson in the title role. Eve Curie was the only member of her family who did not pursue a scientific career—the only one, as she once confessed, who did not win a Nobel Prize—but her biography earned the author a National Book Award for nonfiction and honors from her native land, including a croix de guerre and decoration as a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. Aside from the celebrity generated by her book, Curie lived a modest and quiet life. She trained as a concert pianist and performed throughout Europe. After the publication of Madame Curie, she lectured widely as well. Curie left France during the Nazi occupation, supported the French Resistance in exile, and worked as a war correspondent during World War II. Afterward she published an account of her travels, Journey among Warriors (1943). After the war, Curie worked for a Paris newspaper until the early 1950s, when she married an American diplomat and United Nations executive. She settled in New York City, where she remained for the rest of her life.

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

BOOKS

Curie, Eve, Journey among Warriors, Doubleday, Doran (New York, NY), 1943.

PERIODICALS

Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2007, p. B9.

New York Times, October 25, 2007, p. A25.

Times (London, England), October 26, 2007, p. 78.

Washington Post, October 26, 2007, p. B7.