S. Corinna Bille

S. Corinna Bille ( born August 29, 1912 in Lausanne as Stéphanie Bille, † October 24, 1979 in Sierre) was a Swiss writer from the Romandie.

Life

S. Corinna Bille grew up as the daughter of the glass painter Edmond Bille in the Valais. During her one-year stay at the boarding Dominican Sisters in Lucerne, she learned of the death of her half-brother. In 1934 she married actor Vital Geymond. With him she lived in Paris, traveled to Italy and Spain.

Back in the Valais, she met the writer Maurice Chappaz know; They married in 1947 and had three children. In 1957 she moved to Veyras.

1939 her first book, the poetry collection Printemps was moved in 1944 her first novel Theoda. But the focus of their rich literary creation form their narratives: With La Fraise noire (1968 ), she was known only through the Swiss limit, with La Demoiselle sauvage (1974 ), she won the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle.

She became ill in 1979 during a trip to the former Soviet Union and died shortly afterwards in hospital in Sierre. Her estate is located in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

Awards

Works ( in German )

  • Theoda. Roman ( original title: Theoda, 1944). Steinberg, Zurich 1964
  • Black strawberries. Tales (La Fraise noire, 1968). German Marcel Schwander. Benziger, Zurich, 1975; Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-312-00535-2
  • Two girls life. Narratives ( Deux passions, 1979). Wunderlich, Tübingen 1980, ISBN 3-8052-0332-2
  • Rural pain. Narratives ( Douleurs paysannes, 1953). German by Elisabeth Dütsch. Introduction by Anne Cuneo. Limmat, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-85791-147-6
  • Hundreds of little love stories. Narratives ( cents petites histoires d' amour, 1978). German by Elisabeth Dütsch. In Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1992, ISBN 3-7294-0078-9
  • Girl on a white horse. Tales (La Demoiselle sauvage, 1974). In Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1999, ISBN 3-7294-0222-6
  • Venus shoe. Roman ( Le Sabot de Vénus, 1952). In Waldgut, Frauenfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-03740-376-1
  • The pleasure to hold its own new world in your hand. A reading book. Huber, Frauenfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7193-1482-8
  • From the Rhone to the Maggia. Narrative of a hike (A Pied du Rhône à la Maggia, 1957). German Hilde Fieguth. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85869-458-4
  • Dark forests. Roman ( Forêts obscures, 1989). German Hilde Fieguth. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85869-471-3
  • Alpine flowers reading. Small prose ( Florilège alpestre, 1953). German Hilde Fieguth. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85869-490-4
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