Amélie Plume (born 1943 in
La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city loc ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
) is a Swiss writer.
Biography
She carried out her study of letters and
ethnology
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at the
Université de Neuchâtel.
She voyaged to
Africa
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, Israel and
New York City
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where she taught French and began to write and paint.
Returning to Switzerland, she opened a creative workshop for painting after having learned in Paris. She later devoted herself to writing.
Writings
Novels
* ' : récit, préf. de Catherine Safonoff,
Editions Zoé, 1981
* ', Editions Zoé, 1986
* ', Editions Zoé, 1988
* ', Editions Zoé, 1989
* ', Editions Zoé, 1992
* ', Editions Zoé, 1995
* ', postf. de
Doris Jakubec, Editions Zoé, 1995
* ', Editions Zoé, (1984) 1997
* ', Editions Zoé, (1998) 2003
* ', Editions Zoé, 2003
* ', Editions Zoé, 2006
* ', Editions Zoé, 2007
Plays and radiophonic parts
* '
* ' : pièce de théâtre en cinq tableaux,
Editions Trois P'tits Tours, 2000
Prizes
She received the
Prix Schiller in 1988 for the totality of her work.
Critical studies
* ''La langue et le politique : enquête auprès de quelques écrivains suisses de langue française'', éd., conc. et préf. par Patrick Amstutz, postf. de
Daniel Maggetti,
Editions de L'Aire,
Vevey
Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the district of ...
, 2001. p. 140.
References
1943 births
Living people
20th-century Swiss novelists
University of Neuchâtel alumni
Swiss women novelists
21st-century Swiss novelists
21st-century Swiss women writers
People from La Chaux-de-Fonds
20th-century Swiss women writers
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