Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was born on 24 September 1878 in Lausanne. After studying classical literature at the university of his native city, he lived in Paris until the war, with frequent returns home, then came back to Switzerland for good in 1914. At first marked by Flaubert and Maupassant, he made the novel a poetic form, attuned to the speech of simple people, whose rhythm and syntax follow the spoken language. He wrote the libretto for a work by Stravinsky and died near Lausanne on 23 May 1947.

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• NovelGreat Fear on the MountainLa Grande Peur dans la montagneCharles Ferdinand Ramuz · 1926Literature