Pascale Kramer

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Pascale Kramer
Pascale Kramer - Comedie du Livre 2011 - Montpellier - P1150760.jpg
Kramer in 2011
Born (1963-12-15) 15 December 1963 (age 60)
Geneva, Switzerland
OccupationAuthor, poet
NationalityFrench

Pascale Kramer (born 15 December 1961) is a French writer and novelist.

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Education and early life

Kramer was born on 15 December 1961 in Geneva, Switzerland. Kramer's family moved to Lausanne in 1964. [1] After obtaining her baccalaureat, she studied literature at the University of Lausanne, which she briefly interrupted with studies in journalism, eventually leaving Lausanne [2] and moving to Zürich where she spent six years learning publicity with the Jacques Séguéla group. [3] In 1987, while visiting Paris on business, Kramer chose to relocate there, working in advertising but also writing. [4] [2]

Career

Kramer's first book was Variations on the Same Scene in 1982, followed by Terres Fécondes two years later. A ten-year hiatus followed, but she published Manu in 1996. [5] This won the Michel-Dentan Prize. [4] [6]

Kramer is responsible for organising the documentary film festival Enfances Dans le Monde , [7] the first exhibition of which was held in Paris on 20 November 2010. The day was chosen to mark the International Day of the Rights of the Child. [8]

Kramer received the 2001 Lipp Prize for The Living, a tragic novel telling the story of two children who accidentally die in front of their uncle. [5] Other works of Kramer's have won French awards, such as the Prix Rambert, [9] the Grand Prix SGDL [6] and the Schiller Prize. She also won the Swiss Grand Prix of Literature for her oeuvre. [4] [5] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Rieder, Caroline (21 March 2018). "Pascale Kramer ausculte avec finesse une famille bourgeoise minée par l'alcoolisme" – via 24heures.ch.
  2. 1 2 Rieder, Caroline (21 September 2019). "Un 'stylisticien extraordinaire' à redécouvrir" – via 24heures.ch.
  3. ↑ Adamo, Ghania (16 February 2017). "Pascale Kramer racconta 'personaggi che la scombussolano'". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  4. 1 2 3 Adamo, Ghania (16 February 2017). "Pascale Kramer raconte 'des personnages qui la bousculent'". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pascale Kramer: «L'amour sans pitié d'Hervé Guibert»". 10 November 2017 – via letemps.ch.
  6. 1 2 "Pascale Kramer – Ein schwarzes Schaf hält uns den Spiegel vor". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Infos".
  8. ↑ Kedves, Mit Pascale Kramer sprach Alexandra (29 November 2017). "Frankreich war der Hort der Kultur! Und nun?". Tages Anzeiger.
  9. ↑ "Le Prix Rambert a été remis à Philippe Rahmy pour son roman "Allegra"". rts.ch. 3 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Meslée, Valérie Marin la (31 May 2018). "Pascale Kramer : que peut la famille face à l'addiction ?". Le Point.
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