Edmond Pidoux (October 25, 1908 – April 17, 2004) was a
Swiss
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author who wrote numerous poems, novels, and essays. He was particularly renowned for Biblical pieces such as ''L'histoire de Jonas.'' In 1982, he won the
Prix du livre vaudois. He is a younger brother of the musicologist,
Pierre Pidoux
Pierre Pidoux (4 March 1905, in Neuchatel – 16 July 2001, in Geneva), was a Swiss theologian, organist and musicologist, brother of Edmond Pidoux.
life
Pierre's father was a Protestant Swiss minister, who worked in Belgium (in the Borinage. Bec ...
. Born in
Belgium
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in 1908, this minister's son studied literature at the
University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...
in
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 ...
and worked as a teacher and lecturer. He died at the age of 96 in 2004.
Bibliography
* ''La journée de Dreuze'', Lausanne, Éditions Plaisir de Lire
[ :fr:Éditions Plaisir de Lire Éditions Plaisir de Lire on the french Wikipedia]
* ''Malice et Merveille'', Lausanne, Éditions Plaisir de Lire
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pidoux, Edmond
1908 births
2004 deaths
Swiss writers
University of Lausanne alumni