Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet
BornElla Yuryevna Kagan
24 September 1896
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died16 June 1970 (aged 73)
Moulin de Villeneuve, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France
Occupationwriter
NationalityRussian, then French
Notable awardsPrix Goncourt 1944
Spouse
André Triolet
(m. 1918, divorced)
    (m. 1939)
    RelativesLilya Brik (sister)

    Ella Yuryevna Kagan (Russian: Элла Юрьевна Каган; 24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1896 16 June 1970), known as Elsa Triolet (Russian: Эльза Триоле), was a Russian-French writer and translator.