Georges Piroué (5 August 1920,
La Chaux-de-Fonds
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– 7 January 2005, Dampierre-sur-Loire near
Saumur
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The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...
age 84) was a Swiss writer.
Biography
After studying literature and a doctorate at the
University of Neuchâtel
The University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) is a French-speaking university based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The university has four faculties (schools) and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law and eco ...
, Georges Piroué left for Paris.
After he published two collections of poetry, ''Nature sans rivage'' (1951) and ''Chansons à dire'' (1953), he turned to the writing of short stories.
He became a literary advisor and set up a translation department for the authors of Southern Italy and Sicily at the
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French culture, French publishing house founded in 1930. Acquired by Éditions Gallimard in 1951, it publishes collections spanning fiction, non-fiction and comic books. It published some of the most important French authors ...
, which published almost all his texts from 1960 to 1985.
Prizes
*1966:
*1979:
Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is ...
for ''Feux et lieux''
Bibliography (selection)
Short stories
*1961: ''Ariane, ma sanglante''
*1966: ''Ces Eaux qui ne vont nulle part''
*1969: ''La Façade et autres miroirs''
*1979: ''Feux et lieux''
*1989: ''Madame double étoile''
*1992: ''L'Herbe tendre''
Novels
*1962: ''Une manière de durer''
*1972: ''La vie supposée de Théodore Nèfle''
*1976: ''San Rocco et ses fêtes''
*1981: ''À sa seule gloire : fragments d’une autre vie''
Essais
*1960: ''Proust et la musique du devenir''
*1967: ''Pirandello''
*1985: ''Lui, Hugo''
*1997: ''Mémoires d’un lecteur heureux''
External links
Georges Piroué
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Swiss writers in French
Swiss poets in French
Swiss male novelists
Swiss essayists
Prix Valery Larbaud winners
University of Neuchâtel alumni
1920 births
People from La Chaux-de-Fonds
2005 deaths
20th-century essayists