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Georges Borgeaud

ジョルジュ・ボルジョー

Joruju Borujō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-07-27 (Lausanne)
Died
1998-12-06 (Paris) age 84
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Lausanne → Zurich → Fribourg → Paris

Career

Occupations
writer, publisher
Active Years
1952-1999
Influenced By
Maurice Chappaz

Education

Collège d'Aubonne
Unknown
Country: Switzerland
Met Maurice Chappaz and Jean Cuttat

Awards

Critics Award
1952
Work: Le Préau
Result: 受賞
International Journalism Award
1962
Organization: Rome
Result: 受賞
Prix Renaudot
1974
Work: Le Voyage à l'étranger
Category: 海外旅行部門
Result: 受賞
Prix Médicis
1986
Work: essay
Category: エッセイ部門
Result: 受賞
Prix Jacques-Chardonne
1987
Work: Le Soleil sur Aubiac
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Préau

1952 novel

Partly autobiographical novel describing his school years

school life

La Vaisselle des évêques

1959 novel

Novel based on his stay at Glérolles Castle

castlefriendship

Le Voyage à l'étranger

1974 novel

Prix Renaudot winner

travel

Le Soleil sur Aubiac

1987 novel

Prix Jacques-Chardonne winner

Le Jour du printemps

1999 novel

Late novel

Bibliography

  • Le Préau: roman. Gallimard. 1952.
  • La Vaisselle des évêques, roman, Gallimard, 1959
  • Italiques, chroniques, Éditions L'Age d'homme, 1969
  • Le Voyage à l'étranger, roman, Bertil Galland, 1974
  • Le Soleil sur Aubiac, Bernard Grasset, 1987
  • Mille Feuilles (tomes I-IV), chroniques, 1997-1999
  • Le Jour du printemps, roman, Denoël, 1999

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Slowly and carefully rewriting manuscripts
Recurring Motifs
Descriptions of the outside world

Legacy

His estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern

Archives

  • Swiss Literary Archives (Bern)