Listings all celebrities for the category Writer.

Agota Kristof (1935-) Hongrie Agota Kristof est née en 1935 en Hongrie d'où elle s'est enfuie en 1956 pour venir habiter en Suisse. Elle commence par travailler dans une usine où >>> Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) France The famous French conservative theater author, born in Bordeau and one time assistant of Louis Jouvet, came to Pully (a poshy suburb of Lausanne) for >>> Bernard Clavel (1923-) France This French writer and winner of the 1968 Goncourt prize for Les Fruits de l'Hiver (The fruit of winter) is one of the most prolific authors of his ge >>> Jorge Luis Borgès (1899-1986) Argentina The great Argentinian writer lived for decades in Geneva. His family first found refuge during WWI, and young Borges learned French and German at the >>> Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) France Brilliant lawyer at the Court of Cassation and highly skilled gastronome known for his "Physiology of Taste", Brillat Savarin was forced t >>> Lord Byron (1788-1824) UK This English poet was the main precursor to the wave of Romanticism in the nineteenth century. Byron loved the Geneva Riviera and set several of his s >>> Elias Canetti (1905-1994) Bulgaria The jewish-spanish writer studied in Zurich for 5 years. In 1981 he received the Litterature Nobel Prize. >>> Albert Cohen (1895-1981) Greece The greek born, Marseilles-raised jewish writer came to Geneva as a student and then spent most of his life there, working for the UN and writing his >>> Mathurin Cordier (1479-1564) France After his studies at Paris University, he began an ecclesiastic career but at the age of thirty-five, with a highly developed taste for literature >>> Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552-1630) France Man of letters and man of war, Agrippa d’Aubigné was born in the area surrounding Pons (Saintonge) in 1552. At first, companion of Henry IV, he r >>> San Antonio (1921-2000) France L'auteur des San-Antonio a vécu dans le canton de Fribourg dès 1974. Frédéric Dard est né à Bourgoin-Jallieu, dans l'Isère, en 1921. Ses parents trava >>> Théodore de Bèze (1519-1605) France Descended from the Burgundian nobility, Théodore de Bèze was born in Vezelay in 1519. His humanist education turned him into a remarkable poet and >>> Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) Armenia Daughter of an Armenian, Alexandre Trophimovsky, and of the Jewish wife, of German origin, of a Russian general, Isabelle Eberhardt was born in Gen >>> Scott Fitzgerlad (1896-1940) USA "Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end." One trip abroad Already a famous author by the age of 24, >>> Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) UK Writer and historian of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon was born in England on April 27, 1737 and spent his youth on the banks of Lake Geneva >>> Graham Greene (1904-1991) UK The British writer and journalist traveled at length for his employer, the Foreign Office, for whom he covered diverse current affairs, particularly d >>> Giovanni Guareschi (1908-1968) Italy Creator of the DON CAMILLO character, Guareschi chose the excellent lifestyle of the Tessin region, where he could speak his native Italian and still >>> Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) USA Ernest Hemingway, le célèbre romancier américain, est né le 21 Juillet 1899 à Chicago. Il vit une première fois quelques temps en Suisse en 1922 l >>> Herman Hesse (1877-1962) Germany The writer and 1946 litterature Nobel prize was so fond of the Italian-speaking region where he lived that he used it several times as the setting for >>> Christian Jaqc (1947-) France Christian Jacq, écrivain égyptologue français, est né à Paris en 1947. Dès son plus jeune âge il tombe amoureux de l'Egypte ancienne et de sa cultur >>> James Joyce (1882-1941) Ireland The great Irish writer moved to Switzerland from Paris because of the War, and died in Zürich in 1941 >>> Hermann Kesten (1900-1996) Germany The writer fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and never returned. He found a safe haven in Switzerland in the city of Basel, which has borders with Germany and >>> Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) UK Writer, mountaineer and father of Virginia Woolf, Sir Leslie Stephen was born into a wealthy, upper class English family. He is known for his many wri >>> Thomas Mann (1875-1955) Germany The German author and Nobel Prize winner lived in Switzerland for 8 years. Thomas Mann, born in 1875, came from old Lübeck patrician stock. After >>> Jacques Martin (1920-) France The comic artist who created Alix has lived in Switzerland since 1984. Jacques Martin was born in September, 1920, in Strasbourg. He began his tra >>> Paul Morand (1888-1976) France The french writer loved so much Vevey that he spent 20 years of his life there. He was particularly fond of the possibility of going everywhere either >>> Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Russia The Russian writer was born in 1899 to a wealthy family from St Petersburg. By the age of seven, he could speak French and English fluently. His h >>> Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) USA The American queen of the murder mystery lived in Locarno in the canton of Ticino. Born Mary Patricia Plangman in 1921, in Fort Worth, Texas, she was >>> Hugo pratt (1927-1995) Italy Hugo Pratt, illustrator, painter of water color and creator of Corto Maltese, lived on the Geneva Riviera for 11 years. Born in Rimini in 1927, he >>> Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) Germany One of the most influential writers of German expression in the 20th century, he came in Switzerland in 1919 and soon received Swiss citizenship. He's >>> Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Angleterre L'auteur de Frankenstein a trouvé l'inspiration sur les rives du lac Léman. Mary Shelley est née le 30 août 1797, d'un père philosophe et écrivain, Wi >>> Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) Poland The 1905 litterature Nobel Prize stayed from 1914 to his death in Vevey at the Hotel du Lac. >>> Georges Simenon (1903-1989) Belgique Georges Simenon, le père du célèbre commissaire Maigret, est né le vendredi 13 février 1903 à Liège. Dès son plus jeune âge Simenon manifeste un >>> Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846) Germany Son of painter Wolfgang Adam Toepffer (1766-1847), of German origin, who had made of Geneva his second homeland, Rodolph Toepffer was unable to em >>> Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) Romania The Dada writer spent years in Zurich, helping to create this artistic movement. Later he joined the french Résistance with his surrealist friends in >>> William Wordsworth (1770-1850) UK English poet William Wordsworth was still a student at Cambridge when he developed a passion for the Alps while reading texts by Rousseau. In >>>

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