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Amélie Plume (born 1943 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer.
Biography
She carried out her study of letters and ethnology at the Université de Neuchâtel.
She voyaged to Africa, Israel and New York City where she taught French and began to write and paint.
Returning to Switzerland, she opened a creative workshop for painting after having learned in Paris. She later devoted herself to writing.
Writings
Novels
- Les Aventures de Plumette et de son premier amant : récit, préf. de Catherine Safonoff, Editions Zoé, 1981
- En bas, tout en bas dans la plaine, Editions Zoé, 1986
- Marie-Mélina s'en va, Editions Zoé, 1988
- La mort des forêts, ni plus ni moins, Editions Zoé, 1989
- Promenade avec Emile L., Editions Zoé, 1992
- Hélas nos chéris sont nos ennemis, Editions Zoé, 1995
- Ô qu'il est beau le jet d'eau, postf. de Doris Jakubec, Editions Zoé, 1995
- Oui Emile pour la vie, Editions Zoé, (1984) 1997
- Ailleurs c'est mieux qu'ici, Editions Zoé, (1998) 2003
- Toute une vie pour se déniaiser, Editions Zoé, 2003
- Chronique de la Côte des neiges, Editions Zoé, 2006
- Mademoiselle Petite au bord du Saint-Laurent, Editions Zoé, 2007
Plays and radiophonic parts
- Un mariage suisse
- Que souhaiter de plus? : pièce de théâtre en cinq tableaux, Editions Trois P'tits Tours, 2000
Prizes
She received the Prix Schiller in 1988 for the totality of her work.
Critical studies
- La langue et le politique : enquête auprès de quelques écrivains suisses de langue française, éd., conc. et préf. par Patrick Amstutz, postf. de Daniel Maggetti, Editions de L'Aire, Vevey, 2001. p. 140.
References
- "Amélie Plume nous fait un beau cadeau: son prochain livre". Les Quotidiennes (in French). June 29, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
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