Maurice Metral

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Maurice Métral (born April 5, 1929 in Grône , † January 14, 2001 in Grimisuat ) was a Swiss writer.

biography

Maurice Métral was born in 1929 as one of ten children of a carpenter. After training as a carpenter, he worked on the large dams in Valais from 1949 to 1953. From 1955 he worked as a teacher of French and literature at the Jewish Institute of Bex . In 1960 he became a journalist at the Feuille d'Avis du Valais , of which he became editor-in-chief three years later. In 1970 he ended his activity as a journalist for health reasons and devoted himself entirely to work as a writer.

In 1951 Métral married Angela Romelli. The couple had five children. After a few years, the Métral family settled in Combes in the municipality of Grimisuat . Maurice Métral dedicated his work to the Valais and its residents, but also to current issues.

Awards and honors

  • 1969: Prix Narcisse Michaut
  • 1977: Prix Broquette-Gonin
  • 1985: Honorary Citizen of Grône
  • 1992: Grand Prix de la Francophonie
  • 1999: Knight of the Legion of Honor

Works (selection)

  • Le chemin des larmes . 1953
  • Le coeur des autres . 1960
  • Écrivains en image . 1965
  • La clairière aux pendus . 1968
  • Les vipères rouges . 1972
  • The refuge de la tendresse . 1974
  • La solitaire . 1976
  • La nuit de ta victoire . 1977
  • Le visage perdu . 1981
  • L'étrangère . 1984
  • Les feux du Ciel . 1987
  • Une lueur d'éternité . 1993
  • La montagne rose . 1994
  • La Mort donnée . 2000
  • Poèmes de toute une vie . 5 volumes, Ed. à la Carte, Sierre 2001–2006 (published posthumously)

literature

  • André Chedel: Maurice Métral. Sa vie - Son oeuvre. La Matze, Sion 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Daniel Maggetti: Métral, Maurice. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 2009 , accessed November 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Maurice Métral , Viceversa Literature, accessed on November 21, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c Maurice Métral , Académie française , accessed on November 21, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Métral, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Green
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2001
Place of death Grimisuat