Pascale Kramer

Pascale Kramer
Kramer in 2011
Kramer in 2011
Born (1963-12-15) 15 December 1963 (age 61)
Geneva, Switzerland
OccupationAuthor, poet
NationalityFrench

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

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]

References

  1. ^ Rieder, Caroline (21 March 2018). "Pascale Kramer ausculte avec finesse une famille bourgeoise minée par l'alcoolisme" – via 24 heures.
  2. ^ a b Rieder, Caroline (21 September 2019). "Un 'stylisticien extraordinaire' à redécouvrir" – via 24 heures.
  3. ^ Adamo, Ghania (16 February 2017). "Pascale Kramer racconta 'personaggi che la scombussolano'". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  4. ^ a b c Adamo, Ghania (16 February 2017). "Pascale Kramer raconte 'des personnages qui la bousculent'". SWI swissinfo.ch.
  5. ^ a b c "Pascale Kramer: «L'amour sans pitié d'Hervé Guibert»". 10 November 2017 – via letemps.ch.
  6. ^ a b "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.