Georges Piroué

Georges Piroué (5 August 1920, La Chaux-de-Fonds – 7 January 2005, Dampierre-sur-Loire near Saumur age 84) was a Swiss writer.

Biography
After studying literature and a doctorate at the University of Neuchâtel, Georges Piroué left for Paris.

After he published two collections of poetry, Nature sans rivage (1951) and Chansons à dire (1953), he turned to the writing of short stories. He became a literary advisor and set up a translation department for the authors of Southern Italy and Sicily at the Éditions Denoël, which published almost all his texts from 1960 to 1985.

Prizes

 * 1966: Prix Charles Veillon
 * 1979: Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud for Feux et lieux

Short stories

 * 1961: Ariane, ma sanglante
 * 1966: Ces Eaux qui ne vont nulle part
 * 1969: La Façade et autres miroirs
 * 1979: Feux et lieux
 * 1989: Madame double étoile
 * 1992: L'Herbe tendre

Novels

 * 1962: Une manière de durer
 * 1972: La vie supposée de Théodore Nèfle
 * 1976: San Rocco et ses fêtes
 * 1981: À sa seule gloire : fragments d’une autre vie

Essais

 * 1960: Proust et la musique du devenir
 * 1967: Pirandello
 * 1985: Lui, Hugo
 * 1997: Mémoires d’un lecteur heureux