Georges Piroué
Georges Piroué was a Swiss writer.
Biography
After studying literature and a doctorate at the University of Neuchâtel, Georges Piroué left for Paris.After he published two collections of poetry, Nature sans rivage and Chansons à dire, he turned to the writing of short stories.
He became a literary advisor and set up a translation department for the authors of Southern Italy and Sicily at the Éditions Denoël, which published almost all his texts from 1960 to 1985.
Prizes
- 1966:
- 1979: Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud for ''Feux et lieux''
Short stories
- 1961: Ariane, ma sanglante
- 1966: Ces Eaux qui ne vont nulle part
- 1969: La Façade et autres miroirs
- 1979: Feux et lieux
- 1989: Madame double étoile
- 1992: ''L'Herbe tendre''
Novels
- 1962: Une manière de durer
- 1972: La vie supposée de Théodore Nèfle
- 1976: San Rocco et ses fêtes
- 1981: ''À sa seule gloire : fragments d’une autre vie''