Pierre Chappuis (writer)
{{Short description|Swiss writer (1930–2020)}}
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| birth_place = Tavannes, Switzerland
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| death_place = Neuchâtel, Switzerland
| nationality = Swiss
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Pierre Chappuis (6 January 1930 – 22 December 2020) was a Swiss writer, poet, and literary critic.{{cite web|url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/pierre-chappuis-linepuisable-monde|title=Pierre Chappuis et l’inépuisable dehors du monde|date=27 December 2020|work=Le Temps|language=French}}
Biography
Chappuis was born on 6 January 1930 in Tavannes, where his father was a clockmaker. After studying in La-Chaux-de-Fonds and the University of Geneva, he began teaching French and history in Neuchâtel.{{cite web|url=https://www.viceversalitterature.ch/author/10155|title=Pierre Chappuis (1930-2020)|work=Viceversa Littérature|language=French}} He then lived there for the rest of his life.{{cite web|url=http://www.aenj.ch/pierre.chappuis|title=Pierre Chappuis|work=Association des écrivains neuchâtelois et jurassiens|language=French}}
For a long time, Chappuis wrote poetry in the shadows. He combined his texts with engravings or photographs from third-party illustrators. He also worked as a literary critic for various newspapers, including the Gazette de Lausanne, the Nouvelle Revue Française, and La Quinzaine littéraire. Throughout his career, he closely kept his links with Romandy despite the large amount of works published in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.jose-corti.fr/auteurs/chappuis-pierre.html|title=Pierre Chappuis|work=Éditions Corti|language=French}}
Pierre Chappuis died in Neuchâtel on 22 December 2020 at the age of 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.laliberte.ch/news/culture/litterature/pierre-chappuis-vers-la-nuit-moins-profonde-589725|title=Pierre Chappuis, vers la nuit moins profonde|date=30 December 2020|work=La Liberté|language=French}}
Works
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- Ma femme ô mon tombeau (1969)
- Michel Leiris (1973)
- Distance aveugle (1974)
- L’Invisible parole (1977)
- André du Bouchet (1979)
- Rumeur évanouie (1980)
- Hier devant moi (1980)
- Douze exercices de rythme (1980)
- Décalages (1982)
- Excavations (1983)
- Éboulis et autres poèmes (1984)
- Un cahier de nuages (1989)
- Soustrait au temps (1990)
- Moins que glaise (1990)
- Soustrait au temps : fantaisies en guise de "Maerchenbilder" (1990)
- La Preuve par le vide (1992)
- D'un pas suspendu (1994)
- Des parenthèses de soleil & de vent (1995)
- Dans la foulée (1996)
- Pleines marges (1997)
- Le Biais des mots (1999)
- Distance aveugle (2000)
- À portée de la voix (2002)
- Le Noir de l'été (2002)
- Deux essais : Michel Leyris, André du Bouchet (2003)
- Tracés d’incertitude (2003)
- Mon murmure, mon souffle (2005)
- Dans la foulée (2007)
- La Rumeur de toutes choses (2007)
- Comme un léger sommeil (2009)
- De l'un à l'autre (2010)
- Muettes émergences (2011)
- Entailles (2014)
- Dans la lumière sourde de ce jardin (2016)
- Battre le briquet (2018)
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Distinctions
- Prize of the Société jurassienne d'émulation (1975)
- Prix Suisse-Canada (1983){{cite web|url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=EXP%2F1983%2F04%2F09&id=Ar00419&sk=6F92C7B9&viewMode=image|title=Distinction canadienne pour l'écrivain Pierre Chappuis|date=9 April 1983|work=L'Express|language=French}}
- Prize of the Institut neuchâtelois (1997){{cite web|url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IMP%2F1997%2F03%2F08&id=Ar00300&sk=9F24E6F6&viewMode=image|title=Littérature: hommage de l'Institut neuchâtelois au poète Pierre Chappuis|date=8 March 1997|work=L'Impartial|language=French}}
- Schiller Prize (1997)
- Prize of the Canton of Bern (2002){{cite web|url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IMP%2F2002%2F11%2F26&id=Ar01300&sk=4C554016&viewMode=image|title=Vibrant hommage à deux poètes de renom|date=26 November 2002|work=L'Impartial|language=French}}
- Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz (2005){{cite web|url=http://www.lexpressarchives.ch/Olive/APA/SwissSNP_Fr/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IMP%2F2005%2F09%2F17&id=Ar01900&sk=9103E548&viewMode=image|title=Une lente maturation|date=17 September 2005|work=L'Impartial|language=French}}
References
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