Franck Jotterand

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Franck Jotterand (born January 28, 1923 in Aubonne ; † September 13, 2000 in Bière ) was a French-speaking Swiss journalist and writer .

Life

Franck Jotterand studied humanities at the University of Lausanne . From 1949 he worked as a cultural correspondent for the Gazette de Lausanne in Paris , from 1952 to 1972 he was editor-in-chief of the Saturday supplement Gazette littéraire , as well as an employee of other newspapers and magazines, such as Weltwoche , Le Monde and Le Nouvel Observateur . From 1975 until his car accident in 1981 he headed the Center dramatique de Lausanne .

Jotterand wrote various essays , a play and a script for Alain Tanner .

In 1969, Jotterand uncovered the unnamed author of the French edition of the Civil Defense Book : it was Maurice Zermatten , then President of the Swiss Association of Writers (SSV). He organized the joint exit of 22 writers and the founding of the Olten group .

He was a member of the Société d'Étudiants de Belles-Lettres .

Works

Essay volumes, non-fiction books

  • Histoire des spectacles . Gallimard, Paris 1961
  • J'aime le cinéma . 2 volumes, Rencontre, Lausanne 1962
    • German as: Free entry. Film , ibid. 1962
  • New York. L'Atlas des Voyages . Rencontre, Lausanne 1968
  • Le Nouveau Théâtre America . Seuil, Paris 1970
  • Présence de Franck Jotterand. Recueil de textes , ed. by Jean-Pierre Moulin. L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne 1997

Theater, music

  • La fete des vignerons de la Côte . Operetta. Record, Guilde du livre, Lausanne 1956
  • Chansons pour apprendre Paris aux enfants . Record, Philips, Paris 1959
  • Soldats de paper . La Cité, Lausanne 1960

Film script

  • Ramuz, passage d'un poète , 1961

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Jotterand, Franck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-speaking Swiss journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Aubonne
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 2000
Place of death Beers