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Three figures from Swiss literature

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Three figures from Swiss literature

written by Antoine Lévêque

Ramuz, Rousseau and Hesse all share an interest in how the individual tries to live in a society where he sometimes feels like an outsider. An attempt to heroize these three great Swiss authors, who see nature as a source of authenticity.

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Ramuz, a contemplative against mountaineering

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Ramuz, a contemplative against mountaineering

By Benjamin Mercerat · 11 April 2025

Unlike Eugène Rambert or Maurice Chappaz, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz never ventured into the highlands. Faithful to an ancestral conception of the mountain as a place to be avoided, the Vaudois describes it in all its strangeness.

«Galel, Christ and the mountain

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«Galel, Christ and the mountain

By Diana-Alice Ramsauer · September 20, 2022

Galel, premier roman de Fanny Desarzens, nous entraîne dans le quotidien merveilleux mais périlleux de trois montagnards en pleine ascension:...

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Michel Moret: «Only a French-speaking Swiss can title his book ‘Besoin de grandeur‘’ (Need for greatness)’

By Ivan Garcia · August 20, 2020

Le directeur de l'Aire réédite Ramuz.

When Ramuz was a boy, getting drunk in Yvorne

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When Ramuz was a boy, getting drunk in Yvorne

By Jonas Follonier · July 14, 2020

A little text that stands out from the crowd

Myriam Wahli and the fulgurance of childhood

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Myriam Wahli and the fulgurance of childhood

By Alexandre Wälti · 08 July 2018

Le Regard Libre N° 39 – Alexandre Wälti Une voix d’enfant qui traverse les champs en toute insouciance malgré la gravité...

Renewal of French-language literature

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Renewal of French-language literature

By Alexandre Wälti · January 28, 2018

Nous avons débuté notre plongée dans la littérature romande par un entretien avec Xochitl Borel. Nous présentons à présent quatre...