Georges Borgeaud

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Georges Borgeaud (born July 27, 1914 in Lausanne , † December 6, 1998 in Paris ) was a French-speaking Swiss writer .

Life

Georges Borgeaud attended secondary school in Aubonne and the Collège of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice , which he left in 1933 for financial reasons. Then he wanted to become a monk, but after six months changed his mind and afterwards worked as a teacher and private tutor. Finally he did an apprenticeship as a bookseller and left Switzerland in 1946 to establish himself in Paris. He lived there until his death at 59 rue Froidevaux, on the seventh floor. In 1952 he published his first novel Le Préau , which was awarded the Prix ​​des Critiques . Georges Borgeaud died on December 6, 1998 in his apartment on Rue Froidevaux in Paris, after asking to be kindly left alone.

The estate of Georges Borgeaud is kept in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern .

Awards

Literary works

  • Le Préau . Novel. Gallimard, Paris 1952
  • La Vaisselle des évêques . Novel. Gallimard, Paris 1959
  • Italiques . Chroniques. L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne 1969
  • Le Voyage à l'étranger . Novel. Bertil Galland and Grasset, Lausanne and Paris 1974
  • Le Soleil sur Aubiac . Essay. With photos by Marcel Imsand . 24heures and Grasset, Lausanne and Paris 1986
  • Mille Feuilles (Volumes I-IV). Articles and essays. La Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne / Paris 1997–1999
  • Le jour du printemps . Novel. Denoël, Paris 1999

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personal data
SURNAME Borgeaud, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1998
Place of death Paris