Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: [Maurice Chappaz] was famous for his polemics

with those he believed were selling out his homeland.

He was also known as a poet, traveller and translator.

His breakthrough as a writer came in 1965, with the publication of "Le Chant de la Grande-Dixence" (The Song of the Grand Dixence) and "Portrait des Valaisans" (Portrait of People of Valais). His last book appeared in 2008.

from swissinfo: Author Maurice Chappaz dies

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