Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz

The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a literary award presented every five years by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz to honour a writer's entire work. It has been awarded from 1955 until 2005.[1] The foundation's stated goals are to:[1]

  • maintain the memory of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, and keep his works alive.
  • support the diffusion and the republication of the works of the writer.
  • support critical translations and work, particularly through conferences.
  • help with the creation of spectacles drawn from Ramuz's work.
  • encourage French literary creation and Swiss writers of the French language

The foundation also presents a tri-annual Poetry Prize, the 'Prix de poésie'.

Laureates of the great prize

The following have received the award:[1]

  • 1955: Pierre-Louis Matthey (1893-1970)
  • 1960: Charles-François Landry (1909-1973)
  • 1965: Marcel Raymond (1897-1981)
  • 1970: Philippe Jaccottet (born 1925)
  • 1975: Jacques Mercanton (1910-1996)
  • 1980: Alice Rivaz (1901-1998)
  • 1985: Georges Haldas (1917-2010)
  • 1990: Yves Velan (1925-2017)
  • 1995: Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998)
  • 2000: Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949-2010)
  • 2005: Pierre Chappuis (born 1930)
  • 2010: Jean-Luc Benoziglio (1941-2013)
  • 2015: Catherine Safonoff (born 1939)
  • 2020: Philippe Rahmy

Laureates of the poetry prize

  • 1983: José-Flore Tappy, for Errer mortelle
  • 1986: Sylviane Dupuis, for Creuser la nuit
  • 1992: Alain Rochat, for Fuir pour être celui qui ne fuit pas
  • 1999: Claire Genoux, for Saisons du corps
  • 2002: Caroline Schumacher, for Les Grandes Vacances
  • 2007: Mary-Laure Zoss, for Le noir du ciel
  • 2013: Claudine Gaetzi, for Rien qui se dise
  • 2016: Pierrine Poget, for Fondations

References

  1. ^ a b c Foundation C.F. Ramuz from culturactif.ch. Retrieved 2012-10-16.