Janine Massard (born November 13, 1939) is a Swiss writer from the Vaud canton.[1]
She was born in Rolle and began studies in literature at Lausanne, leaving after three semesters. From 2002 to 2009, she was president of the Association Films Plans-Fixes.[1]
She married Maurice Ehinger; he died in 1994. From 1965 to 1969, she was a member of the Swiss Party of Labour, known as Parti ouvrier et populaire (POP) in Vaud.[2] Massard received the Prix culturels vaudois for literature in 2007.[1]
Selected works
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- La petite monnaie des jours, novel (partly autobiographical) (1985), received the Prix Schiller in 1986
- Terre noire d'usine, non-fiction
- Trois mariages, non-fiction, won the Prix des Ecrivains vaudois
- Ce qui reste de Katharina, novel, received the Prix de la Bibliothèque pour Tous in 1998
- Comme si je n'avais pas traversé l'été, novel, received the Prix Edouard Rod in 2002
- Un Jardin face à la France, novel (2006)
- Childéric et Cathy sont dans un bateau, stories (2010)
- Gens du Lac, novel
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Janine Massard" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.
- ^ Jeanneret, Pierre (2002). Popistes: histoire du Parti ouvrier et populaire vaudois, 1943-2001. p. 698. ISBN 2829002725.