Pascale Kramer (born 15 December 1961) is a French writer and novelist.
Education and early life
Kramer was born on 15 December 1961 in
Geneva
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, Switzerland. Kramer's family moved to
Lausanne
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in 1964. After obtaining her
baccalaureat, she studied literature at the
University of Lausanne
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, which she briefly interrupted with studies in journalism, eventually leaving Lausanne
and moving to
Zürich
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where she spent six years learning publicity with the
Jacques Séguéla
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group. In 1987, while visiting Paris on business, Kramer chose to relocate there, working in advertising but also writing.
Career
Kramer's first book was ''Variations on the Same Scene'' in 1982, followed by ''Terres Fécondes'' two years later. A ten-year hiatus followed, but she published ''Manu'' in 1996.
This won the
Michel-Dentan Prize.
Kramer is responsible for organising the documentary film festival ''
Enfances Dans le Monde Enfances may refer to:
* ''Enfances'' (essay), 1998 essay
* ''Enfances'' (film), 2008 French film
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'', the first exhibition of which was held in Paris on 20 November 2010. The day was chosen to mark the
International Day of the Rights of the Child
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Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
.
Kramer received the 2001
Lipp Prize
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for ''The Living'', a
tragic novel
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telling the story of two children who accidentally die in front of their uncle.
Other works of Kramer's have won French awards, such as the
Prix Rambert
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, the
Grand Prix SGDL and the
Schiller Prize
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The prize was awarded by the Sc ...
. She also won the
Swiss Grand Prix of Literature for her oeuvre.
References
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1961 births
Living people
Writers from Geneva
20th-century French novelists