Jacques Chessex [SEP] date of death
Jacques Chessex
Jacques Chessex ( Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter.
Biography.
Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied in St-Michel College in Fribourg, before undertaking literature studies in Lausanne. In 1953, he co-founded the literary review "Pays du Lac" in Pully. In 1956, Chessex's father committed suicide, making a lasting impression on him. He completed his
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Awards.
- Nobel Prize in Literature: Patrick White
Awards Canada.
- See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Awards France.
- Prix Goncourt: Jacques Chessex, "L'Ogre"
- Prix Médicis French