Janine Massard Explained
Janine Massard (born November 13, 1939) is a Swiss writer from the Vaud canton.
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 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 in 2002
- Un Jardin face à la France, novel (2006)
- Childéric et Cathy sont dans un bateau, stories (2010)
- Gens du Lac, novel
Notes and References
- Web site: Janine Massard . fr . Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.
- Book: Jeanneret, Pierre . Popistes: histoire du Parti ouvrier et populaire vaudois, 1943-2001 . 698 . 2002 . 2829002725.
