{"id":519146,"date":"2023-07-18T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=519146"},"modified":"2023-07-18T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:20:35","slug":"celine-zufferey-on-the-trail-of-a-forgotten-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/litterature\/celine-zufferey-sur-la-trace-dune-pionniere-oubliee\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9line Zufferey on the trail of a forgotten pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>She caused a sensation when her first novel was published by Gallimard at the age of just 25. Here we meet Valais-born C\u00e9line Zufferey, who this spring published her second opus, also in Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chez elle, la valeur n&rsquo;a pas attendu le nombre des ann\u00e9es. A 32 ans, la Valaisanne C\u00e9line Zufferey a publi\u00e9 ce printemps<em>&nbsp;Nitrate<\/em>, son deuxi\u00e8me roman. Ce livre propose une plong\u00e9e dans les premiers temps de l&rsquo;histoire du cin\u00e9ma. Comme pour son premier ouvrage&nbsp;<em>Saving the furniture&nbsp;<\/em>in 2017,&nbsp;<em>Nitrate&nbsp;<\/em>was published in Gallimard's prestigious \u00abCollection Blanche\u00bb, alongside such French literary monsters as Nobel Prize winners Cl\u00e9zio and Modiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We meet the artist in the kitchen of her family home in Granges, near Sierre. Now based in Lyon, the writer is taking advantage of a visit to Switzerland for the Festival international de litt\u00e9rature de Lo\u00e8che-les-Bains to see her parents. And although a meeting with a journalist interferes with this intimate moment, she doesn't seem to mind.<br><br>It has to be said that C\u00e9line Zufferey loves talking about her books. \u00abWe're very much alone when we write. And so we want to share our work with others, and that happens at the time of release,\u00bb she explains, sipping her cup of tea. The pleasure of meeting readers is all the greater now that several years have passed since the release of<em>\u00a0Saving the furniture.<\/em>\u00abFor me, each novel is my last. When I finish writing a novel, I never know if I'll manage to write another,\u00bb notes C\u00e9line Zufferey. \u00abIt took me a long time to find a subject that was close to my heart and that I felt was worth telling\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A forgotten pioneer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A subject worth talking about, it's the life of the first female director in the history of cinema, Alice Guy. A woman who did everything in her time: she made hundreds of films, was a director at Gaumont, founded her own production company in the USA... before losing everything. She spent years trying to recover her works, without much success. Then she sank almost completely into oblivion. \u00abShe was a pioneer and pioneers are often forgotten because they started too early and stopped too early too,\u00bb laments C\u00e9line Zufferey. The author chose her title in reference to the cellulose nitrate that made up the first cinema films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A l\u2019instar de son personnage de Constance, l\u2019auteure s\u2019est passionn\u00e9e pour Alice Guy, au point de lui consacrer un an de recherches, entre rencontres avec historiens et collectionneurs et visites dans des r\u00e9serves de films comme celles du CNC, le Centre national fran\u00e7ais du cin\u00e9ma et de l\u2019image anim\u00e9e. \u00abQuand on est \u00e9crivain, on a une esp\u00e8ce de carte blanche. On peut aller vers des gens et leur dire: \u00ab\u00a0Je m\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 ce que vous faites, est-ce que vous pouvez m\u2019en parler?\u00a0\u00bb En termes d\u2019inspiration, c\u2019\u00e9tait vraiment tr\u00e8s riche.\u00bb<br><br>The result is a treasure hunt for a missing Alice Guy film. But like a detective story, the interest of this book doesn't really lie in the outcome of this investigation. \u00abWhen I came to the end of my year's research into the history of cinema and Alice Guy, I told myself that the research itself was enough. Everything I'd done already provided enough material for this novel\u00bb, explains the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing in complete freedom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thirty-something is delighted to have been given so much freedom by her publisher. Gallimard never made her feel the urgency to publish this second book. Nor, she says, did she ever feel any personal pressure to produce a sequel to her acclaimed first novel. \u00abI had shown myself that I was capable of writing a novel. I had shown myself that I was capable of going all the way. I was published. All that was left was to keep writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecrire, oui, mais sans recette toute faite. Car C\u00e9line Zufferey \u00e9clate de rire quand on lui demande comment s&rsquo;explique sa r\u00e9ussite pr\u00e9coce. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Institut litt\u00e9raire suisse \u00e0 Bienne, la Valaisanne estime surtout avoir eu la chance de rencontrer les bonnes personnes au bon moment gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ses \u00e9tudes. Elle souligne \u00e9galement la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de rebondir face aux \u00e9checs.&nbsp;\u00abIl faut avancer et se dire que ce n&rsquo;est pas la fin du monde et qu&rsquo;on trouvera une autre route\u00bb, estime-t-elle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce deuxi\u00e8me roman en poche, C\u00e9line Zufferey avoue ne pas avoir encore song\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;avenir et \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;il lui r\u00e9serve. \u00abEcrire, c\u2019est un peu se jeter dans un trou sans fond. Le saut n\u2019est pas tr\u00e8s rassurant. Pour l\u2019instant, je me tiens encore sur le bord et je me demande si je vais sauter ou pas\u00bb, conclut-elle avec un sourire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Write to the author<em>: <a href=\"mailto:sandrine.rovere@leregardlibre.com\">sandrine.rovere@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You've just read an open-access portrait. Debates, analysis, cultural news:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/subscription\/\">subscribe<\/a>&nbsp;to support us and get access to all our content!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364-102x150.jpeg 102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blanche<br><em>Nitrate<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Editions Gallimard&nbsp;<br>2023&nbsp;<br>208 pages&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.payot.ch\/Detail\/nitrate-celine_zufferey-9782072999727\">Order the book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle avait fait sensation en publiant son premier roman chez Gallimard \u00e0 seulement 25 ans. 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