Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 71 (1973) Winner
Jacques Chessex
ジャック・シェス
Jakku Chessex
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934-03-01 （Payerne）
- Died
- 2009-10-09 （Yverdon-les-Bains） age 75
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Payerne → Fribourg → Lausanne → Pully
Career
- Occupations
- author, painter, French literature professor
- Active Years
- 1954-2009
- Affiliations
- Gymnase de la Cité (Lausanne)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Michel | — | literature | — | 1951-1953 | Switzerland |
| University of Lausanne | — | Faculty of Letters | — | 1953-1960 | Switzerland |
Collège Saint-Michel
literature
Period:
1951-1953
Country:
Switzerland
in Fribourg
University of Lausanne
Faculty of Letters
Period:
1953-1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
Switzerland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Schiller Prize | La Tête ouverte | — | Schiller Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Alpes-Jura prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1973 | Prix Goncourt | L'Ogre | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Mallarmé Prize | Les Aveugles du seul regard | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Grand Prize of the Fondation Vaudoise pour la création artistique | — | — | Fondation Vaudoise pour la création artistique | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Grand Prix de la langue française | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Goncourt poetry grant | Allegria | 詩 | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Grand Prix Jean Giono | lifetime achievement | — | — | 受賞 |
Schiller Prize
1963
Work:
La Tête ouverte
Organization:
Schiller Foundation
Result:
受賞
Alpes-Jura prize
1972
Result:
受賞
Prix Goncourt
1973
Work:
L'Ogre
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Mallarmé Prize
1992
Work:
Les Aveugles du seul regard
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Grand Prize of the Fondation Vaudoise pour la création artistique
1992
Organization:
Fondation Vaudoise pour la création artistique
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix de la langue française
1999
Result:
受賞
Goncourt poetry grant
1999
Work:
Allegria
Category:
詩
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix Jean Giono
2007
Work:
lifetime achievement
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
L'Ogre
1973 novelA novel about paternal abuse. Winner of the Prix Goncourt.
fatherabusefamily
Translations
- A Father's Love (later The Tyrant)
A Jew Must Die (Un Juif pour l'exemple)
2008 novelFocuses on the 1942 death of cattle trader Arthur Bloch killed by Swiss Nazis in Payerne.
Holocaustantisemitismhometown
The Confession of Father Burg
1967 novel1967 novel, adapted into a play premiered just before his death.
confessionreligion
Adaptations
- [theater] The Confession of Father Burg (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dark and poetic styleProtestant-influenced austerity
- Recurring Motifs
- shadow of the fathersuicidereligious conflictdarkness of hometown
Health
-
heart attack2009Collapsed during a public discussion and died.
Legacy
First Swiss winner of the Prix Goncourt. Prolific in poetry, novels, and painting. Father's suicide profoundly influenced his work. Literary estate archived in Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.
Archives
- Swiss Literary Archives (Bern)
Trivia
- Father committed suicide in 1956, leaving a lasting impression.
- Publicly supported Roman Polanski; collapsed during a discussion on him and a play adaptation the night before his death.