had been destroyed by Allied bombing. She was then able to hide in two villages before being liberated by the Americans, whereupon she was able to return to Paris. After the war d'Unienville was employed as a war correspondent for US forces in south east Asia before she worked as an air hostess for Air France and became a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Bibliography Books which have been written by Alix d'Unienville include the following: 1. Nuit et jour : Le grand hebdomadaire illustré (1944) 2. En vol : journal d'une hôtesse de l'air (1949) 3. La Chaîne d'amour (The loving spirit) (1950) 4. Les Mascareignes, vieille France en mer indienne (1954) 5. Images de l'île Maurice (1954) 6. Qui es-tu ? (1957) 7. Hôtesse courageuse (1959) 8. Le Point zéro (1961) 9. La fête secrète (1975) 10. Le Trésor de Dieu (1976) 11. L'amour dans l'âme (1995) 12. Printemps fragiles (2016) Decorations D'Unienville was appointed a Military Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the British government. She was awarded the Legion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre by France. References Sources 1918 births 2015 deaths Mauritian military personnel of World War II Female wartime spies French Special Operations Executive personnel Women's Auxiliary Air Force officers French expatriates in Mauritius Mauritian people of French descent Albert Londres Prize recipients Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) 20th-century French writers 20th-century French women writers