Asa Lanova


Asa Lanova was a Swiss dancer and Suisse Romande author.

Biography

Asa Lanova was born in Switzerland, spending her youth in Lausanne. At 17, she went to Paris to study dance, where she performed with dancers such as Maurice Béjart. She returned to Switzerland in 1956, performing at the Zürich Opera House and the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
After leaving her dance career, Lanova began to write novels, publishing her first, La dernière migration, in 1977. After switching to a different publisher, Bernard Campiche, Lanova received recognition for her work, winning prizes for both Le Blues d'Alexandrie and La Gazelle tartare.
In 1965, she married fellow dancer Philippe Dahlmann. Lanova died at her home in Pully on 26 December 2017.

Literary prizes

  • 2009 - Prix culturel vaudois Littérature for her literary work.
  • 2005 - 5,000 SFr Schiller Prize for La Gazelle tartare.
  • 1999 - Prix Bibliothèque pour Tous for Le Blues d'Alexandrie.

Publications

La dernière migration, Paris, Régine Deforges, 1977Crève l'amour, Paris, éditions Acropole, 1984; Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, « CamPoche», 2006Le cœur tatoué, Paris, éditions Mazarine, 1988L'étalon de ténèbre, Paris, Régine Deforges, 1991; Vevey, Éditions de l'Aire, 1999Le testament d'une mante religieuse, Vevey, éditions de l'Aire, 1995Le blues d'Alexandrie Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 1998 Les jardins de Shalalatt Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2001La Gazelle tartare, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2004La nuit du destin, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2007Les heures nues, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2011