The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a
literary award
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presented every five years by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz to honour a writer's entire work. It has been awarded from 1955 until 2005.
The foundation's stated goals are to:
*maintain the memory of
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, and keep his works alive.
*support the diffusion and the republication of the works of the writer.
*support critical translations and work, particularly through conferences.
*help with the creation of spectacles drawn from Ramuz's work.
*encourage French literary creation and Swiss writers of the French language
The foundation also presents a tri-annual Poetry Prize, the 'Prix de poésie'.
Laureates of the great prize
The following have received the award:
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*1955:
Pierre-Louis Matthey (1893-1970)
*1960:
Charles-François Landry (1909-1973)
*1965:
Marcel Raymond
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Marcel Raymond first studied in G ...
(1897-1981)
*1970:
Philippe Jaccottet (born 1925)
*1975:
Jacques Mercanton (1910-1996)
*1980:
Alice Rivaz (1901-1998)
*1985:
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(1917-2010)
*1990:
Yves Velan (1925-2017)
*1995:
Nicolas Bouvier
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Bouvier was born at Gra ...
(1929-1998)
*2000:
Anne-Lise Grobéty
Anne-Lise Grobéty (1 December 1949 – 5 October 2010) was a French-language Swiss journalist and an author of short stories, poetry and radio plays.
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(1949-2010)
*2005: Pierre Chappuis (born 1930)
*2010:
Jean-Luc Benoziglio
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(1941-2013)
*2015:
Catherine Safonoff
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(born 1939)
*2020:
Philippe Rahmy
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Philippe Rahmy studied the history of arts and Egyptology at the École du Louvre in Paris, and graduated from the University of Lausanne in l ...
Laureates of the poetry prize
*1983:
José-Flore Tappy, for ''Errer mortelle''
*1986:
Sylviane Dupuis, for ''Creuser la nuit''
*1992:
Alain Rochat, for ''Fuir pour être celui qui ne fuit pas''
*1999:
Claire Genoux, for ''Saisons du corps''
*2002:
Caroline Schumacher, for ''Les Grandes Vacances''
*2007:
Mary-Laure Zoss, for ''Le noir du ciel''
*2013:
Claudine Gaetzi, for ''Rien qui se dise''
*2016:
Pierrine Poget, for ''Fondations''
References
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Swiss literary awards
Awards established in 1955
1955 establishments in Switzerland