Léonie Villard

Léonie Villard (1878–1970) was a French literary critic and professor at the Université de Lyon.

[1] In 1917 she received the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her book, Jane Austen: Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre.

The college holds her diary of life in Vichy France during the Second World War.

[1] It was translated into French and published alongside a biography and bibliography in 2024.

[3] Media related to Léonie Villard at Wikimedia Commons