Georges Piroué

Georges Piroué (5 August 1920, La Chaux-de-Fonds – 7 January 2005, Dampierre-sur-Loire near Saumur age 84) was a Swiss writer.

Biography

After studying literature and a doctorate at the University of Neuchâtel, Georges Piroué left for Paris.

After he published two collections of poetry, Nature sans rivage (1951) and Chansons à dire (1953), he turned to the writing of short stories.

He became a literary advisor and set up a translation department for the authors of Southern Italy and Sicily at the Éditions Denoël, which published almost all his texts from 1960 to 1985.

Prizes
  • 1966: Prix Charles Veillon
  • 1979: Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud for Feux et lieux

Bibliography (selection)

Short stories
  • 1961: Ariane, ma sanglante
  • 1966: Ces Eaux qui ne vont nulle part
  • 1969: La Façade et autres miroirs
  • 1979: Feux et lieux
  • 1989: Madame double étoile
  • 1992: L'Herbe tendre

Novels
  • 1962: Une manière de durer
  • 1972: La vie supposée de Théodore Nèfle
  • 1976: San Rocco et ses fêtes
  • 1981: À sa seule gloire : fragments d’une autre vie

Essais
  • 1960: Proust et la musique du devenir
  • 1967: Pirandello
  • 1985: Lui, Hugo
  • 1997: Mémoires d’un lecteur heureux
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