Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz
Encyclopedia
The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a quintannual literary award
presented by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz
to honour a writer's entire work.
The prize is named after the Swiss
author Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
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Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
presented by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz
Foundation C.F. Ramuz
The Foundation C.F. Ramuz is a Swiss literary foundation. Its stated goals are to:*maintain the memory of C.F. Ramuz, and keep his works alive.*support the diffusion and the republication of the works of the writer....
to honour a writer's entire work.
The prize is named after the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
author Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz was a French-speaking Swiss writer.He was born in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud and educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he left for Paris and remained there until World War I, with frequent...
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Laureats
- 1955 Pierre-Louis Matthey (1893-1970)
- 1960 Charles-François Landry (1909-1973)
- 1965 Marcel ReymondMarcel ReymondMarcel Reymond was a Swiss ski jumper who competed in the early 1930s. He won a gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Innsbruck.- External links :...
- 1970 Philippe JaccottetPhilippe JaccottetPhilippe Jaccottet is a poet and translator who publishes in French.After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived several years in Paris. In 1953, came to live in the town of Grignan in Provence...
(born 1925) - 1975 Jacques Mercanton (1910-1996)
- 1980 Alice RivazAlice RivazAlice Rivaz was a Swiss author and feminist.- Life :She was born Alice Golay in the small Swiss municipality of Rovray. She spent much of her life in Geneva and originally studied music training to be a pianist...
(1901-1998) - 1985 Georges Haldas (born 1917)
- 1990 Yves Meylan (born 1925)
- 1995 Nicolas BouvierNicolas BouvierNicolas Bouvier was a 20th-century Swiss traveller and writer as well as an iconographer and photographer.-Life:Bouvier was born at Grand-Lancy near Geneva, the youngest of three children...
(1929-1998) - 2000 Anne-Lise Grobéty (born 1949)
- 2005 Pierre Chappuis (born 1930)