Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz

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The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a literary award presented every five years by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz to honour a writer's entire work. It has been awarded from 1955 until 2005.^[1] The foundation's stated goals are to:^[1]

• maintain the memory of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, and keep his works alive.
• support the diffusion and the republication of the works of the writer.
• support critical translations and work, particularly through conferences.
• help with the creation of spectacles drawn from Ramuz's work.
• encourage French literary creation and Swiss writers of the French language

The foundation also presents a tri-annual Poetry Prize, the 'Prix de poésie'.

Laureates of the great prize[]

The following have received the award:^[1]

• 1955: Pierre-Louis Matthey (1893-1970)
• 1960: (1909-1973)
• 1965: Marcel Raymond (1897-1981)
• 1970: Philippe Jaccottet (born 1925)
• 1975: Jacques Mercanton (1910-1996)
• 1980: Alice Rivaz (1901-1998)
• 1985: (1917-2010)
• 1990: Yves Velan (1925-2017)
• 1995: Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998)
• 2000: Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949-2010)
• 2005: Pierre Chappuis (born 1930)
• 2010: Jean-Luc Benoziglio (1941-2013)
• 2015: (born 1939)

Laureates of the poetry prize[]

• 1983: , for Errer mortelle
• 1986: , for Creuser la nuit
• 1992: , for Fuir pour être celui qui ne fuit pas
• 1999: , for Saisons du corps
• 2002: , for Les Grandes Vacances
• 2007: , for Le noir du ciel
• 2013: , for Rien qui se dise
• 2016: , for Fondations

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