Mousse Boulanger Explained

Mousse Boulanger
Birth Name:Berthe Sophie Neuenschwander
Birth Date:1926 11, df=y
Birth Place:Boncourt, Switzerland
Death Place:Payerne, Switzerland
Nationality:Swiss
Occupation:Poet
Actress
Television producer

Mousse Boulanger (born Berthe Sophie Neuenschwander; 3 November 1926 – 16 January 2023) was a Swiss poet, actress, and television producer.[1]

Biography

Neuenschwander was born in Boncourt on 3 November 1926 and attended a cantonal school in Porrentruy before turning to journalism and poetry. After a stay in Cambridge, she studied theatre at the in Geneva. On 27 May 1953, she attended the annual congress of the cultural organization Connaître, where she met her future husband, . The couple would marry in 1955.

In 1961, Pierre and Mousse Boulanger started a program on Bulgarian literature in the series Poésie universelle. The two were then invited to the embassy in Bulgaria and made their debut on stage. They would return to Bulgaria ten more times.[2] From 1971 to 1974, they toured with José Azpiazu and his daughter, Lupe. The four of them would present a show in Romandy and France.

In 1975, Boulanger recorded an album titled Berceuse pour une maman, for which she wrote texts in French. In August 1973, Pierre and Mousse presented Marchands d'images at the Festival de Rochessauve, created by and Marcel Maréchal. That year, they presented Poésie dans les quartiers at the Centre dramatique national in Lyon in affiliation with the Ministry of National Education and Pierre Emmanuel of the Académie Française.[3] At the Festival d'Avignon in 1974, they presented two poetry shows: Poésie pour tous and Théâtre des poèmes. Through their various shows and presentations, they would become ambassadors of French-speaking culture abroad.[4]

Boulanger's husband, Pierre, died on 28 October 1978 at the age of 50 after contracting a disease in Africa. The year prior, she co-founded the Association des Amis de Gustave Roud alongside her husband, as well as Jeanlouis Cornuz and .[5] After her husband's death, she occasionally served on the literary jury of the Société jurassienne d'émulation.[6]

Boulanger died in Payerne on 16 January 2023, at the age of 96.[7]

Awards

Poetry

Interviews

Radio Suisse Romande

Plans-fixes

Television episodes

Notes and References

  1. News: Rieder. Caroline. 16 January 2023. Une passeuse des lettres romandes s'en est allée. French. 24 heures. 17 January 2023.
  2. News: Gautier. Henri. 7 April 1973. Pierre et Mousse Boulanger. La poésie, il faut lui donner une voix. French. La Suisse.
  3. News: Pastori. Jean-Pierre. 1973. Les Marchands d'images en France. Pierre et Mousse Boulanger animateurs. French. 24 heures.
  4. News: Kuttel. Mireille. 24 May 1973. Les marchands d'images : un couple de Jurassiens. French. Le Démocrate.
  5. News: 16 March 1977. Une " Association des Amis de Gustave Roud ". French. Gazette de Lausanne.
  6. News: Jakubec. Doris. 4 November 2004. Mousse Boulanger. French. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. 17 January 2023.
  7. News: Kadishi. Raphaël M.. 16 January 2023. Mousse Boulanger est décédée à l'âge de 96 ans. French. La Liberté. 17 January 2023.
  8. Web site: L'art de Corinna Bille. Radio Télévision Suisse. 9 July 1969 . French.
  9. Web site: Rencontre avec un poète. Radio Télévision Suisse. 12 November 1984 . French.
  10. Web site: Maurice Chappaz, le souffle du Vieux-Pays (4/5). Radio Télévision Suisse. 16 January 2014 . French.
  11. Web site: Alice Rivaz. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  12. Web site: Blanche Merz. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  13. Web site: Jeanlouis Cornuz. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  14. Web site: Jean Mayerat. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  15. Web site: Jacqueline Thibault. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  16. Web site: Etienne Chatton. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  17. Web site: Hugo Loetscher. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  18. Web site: Mousse Boulanger. Radio Télévision Suisse. 6 December 1969 . French.
  19. Web site: Mousse Boulanger. Association Plans Fixes. French.
  20. Web site: Mousse Boulanger : "Les Frontalières". Radio Télévision Suisse. 6 October 2013 . French.
  21. Web site: Episode 5: Mousse Boulanger. Radio Télévision Suisse. 5 April 2019 . French.