Author. She was a 20th-century French author who wrote novels as well as being a journalist. She is also recognized as being the romantic interest of author André Malraux. During their relationship, the couple had two sons, who were both killed in an automobile accident in 1961. Using the pseudonym of "Tip Toe," her literary career began with writing a few articles for the magazine "Eve," before securing a position as a typist for author Henry Millon de Montherlant. While still a teenager, she wrote her first novel in 1928. In 1932, she became a journalist in Paris for the newly-established left-wing political magazine, "Marianne." Recognized as a talented writer, she signed a 10-novel contract with the publishing group Gallimard Editions. With the prefix of the novel written by author Herni Pourrat, she published "Le Temps vert" in 1932, and becoming an instant literary celebrity. In 1933, while at Gallimard's, she met André Malraux, who was separated from his first wife, and soon a romantic relationship began. During the Spanish Civil War, the couple was active, supporting the cause after traveling to Spain. In the spring of 1937, they traveled to the United States and Canada to raise funds for the Spanish Republic. During World War II, Malraux served in the French military, while she relocated frequently for safety during the Nazi occupation of France. Their first son was born in 1940, and the second in 1943. In 1944, while taking her mother to the train station, she was involved in a horrible train accident, dying later from the injuries, mainly to her legs. Unaware of her death, Malraux is still on the battlefields of the war, but after the war, he returns to find himself alone with two small sons and his brother's widow with a son. After Malraux divorced his first wife, Clara Goldschmidt, in 1947, he married his brother's widow in 1948. Clotis was given credit as a contributor to Suzanne Chantel's 1976 book "The Beating Heart: Josett Clotus, Andre Malraux." Her letters to a close friend, Jeanne Sandelion, have been published.