Julien Maret
Julien Maret (* 1978 in Fully , Canton of Valais , Switzerland ) is a Swiss author .
Life
Maret comes from the wine-growing community of Fully in the Rhone valley in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais. He studied philosophy at the University of Strasbourg . After graduating, he settled in Geneva in 2005 . There he founded the magazine Coma two years later , which was devoted to today's French-language, German- and Italian-language literature. In 2007 he attended the Institut litteraire suisse in Biel , where he graduated with a Bachelor en écriture . Today he works at the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (Geneva) (MAMCO) and gives readings in Geneva and Lausanne that can also be described as performances .
Since his student days, Maret has been involved in projects for literary magazines, such as L'Ablate in 1999 , in which, among other things, articles by French-speaking authors from the Valais such B. Bastien Fournier were published. He also worked on the Internet magazine Coaltar and the magazine Millepiani .
Prizes and awards
- 2011: Prix d'encouragement de l'État du Valais for Rengaine
Publications
- Rengaine . Editions J. Corti, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-7143-1065-1 .
- German by Christoph Roeber: Tirade . Diaphanes Verlag, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-03734-246-6 .
Web links
- Biography on www.wikivalais.ch (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maret, Julien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss, French-speaking author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fully , Canton of Valais , Switzerland |