Anne Cuneo (6 September 1936 – 11 February 2015) was a

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journalist, novelist, theatre and film director and screenwriter. She was born in Paris of Italian parents, but studied in

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. Her first novel came in 1967 and was called ''Gravé au diamant.'' In 1979 she received the lesser prize of the Schweizerische Schillerstiftung and by 1987 she worked for Télévision Suisse Romande. Her career spanned four decades and fifteen novels, as well as dozens of plays and scripts for theatre, TV and radio. She died in 2015. in 1995 Cuneo's novel ''Le trajet d’une rivière'' was awarded the prestigious Prix des Libraires, which celebrates the best novel published in the Francophone world each year.

Bibliography

* 1967: ''Gravé au diamant'', re-edition in 1968 * 1969: '' Mortelle maladie'' * 1970: ''La Vermine'' * 1972: ''Poussière du réveil'', * 1975: ''Le Piano du pauvre'', ** La vie de l'accordéoniste Denise Letourneur * 1976: ''La Machine Fantaisie'', ** Une enquête sur le cinéma suisse * 1978: ''Passage des Panoramas'', * 1979: ''Une cuillerée de bleu'' ** Anne parle de sa maladie, un cancer du sein * 1980: ''Les Portes du jour, Portrait de l'auteur en femme ordinaire'' vol1, * 1982: ''Les Portes du jour, Portrait de l'auteur en femme ordinaire'' vol2, * 1984: ''Hôtel Vénus'' * 1985: ''Le Monde des forains'' * 1987: ''Benno Besson et Hamlet'', * 1989: ''Station Victoria'' * 1990: ''Prague aux doigts de feu'' * 1993: ''Trajet d'une rivière.'' 2015: ''Tregian's Ground'' (trans. Louise Rogers Lalaurie),

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, UK. * 1994: ''La flûte et les ratonneurs'', * 1995: ''Au bas de mon rêve'', * 1996: ''Objets de splendeur'', ** Traite de la « dame Brune de Shakespeare», * 1998: ''Âme de bronze'' ** Livre traitant du viol * 1999: ''D'or et d'oublis'' ** Livre traitant des avoir juifs en Suisse * 2000: ''Le sourire de Lisa'' ** Livre traitant de l'inceste * 2002: ''Le maître de Garamond'', * 2004: ''Hôtel des cœurs brisés'', ** ou le doping dans le cyclisme * 2005: ''Rencontres avec hamlet'', * 2006: ''Les corbeaux sur nos plaines'', * 2006: ''Lacunes de la mémoire'', * 2007: ''Zaïda'', * 2009: ''Conversation chez les Blancs, Anne-Marie Blanc comédienne'' * 2011: ''Un monde de mots, John Florio traducteur, lexicographe, pédagogue, homme de lettres'' * 2013: ''La Tempête des heures'' * 2014: ''Gatti's Variétés''

Filmography

* 1982: ''Cinéjournal au féminin'' * 1983: ''Signes de terre, signes de chair'' * 1986: ''Basta'' * 1992: ''Durchdringende Welten, le peintre Cenak Prajak'' * 1996: ''Die letzte Karte, Friedrich Glaser'' * 1996: ''Francis Tregian, Gentleman et Musicien'' * 1998: ''D'or et d'oubli'' (script) * 2001: ''La Petite Gilberte, Anne-Marie Blanc comédienne'' * 2002: ''Ettore Cella, ein Künstlerleben'' * 2003: ''Ferdi 'national' Kübler'' * 2006: ''Opération Shakespeare à la Vallée de Joux''

Awards

* 1969: L'Anti-Prix de la

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* 1979: Schiller Award for her oeuvre * 1981: Prix culturel du

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* 1990: Bibliomedia et Prix Alpes-Jura, for ''Station Victoria'' * 1994: Prix des Auditeurs de la

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* 1994: Prix de la Fondation vaudoise pour la Promotion artistiqu

* 1995: Prix des Libraires et Prix litteraire "Madame Europe" for ''Le Trajet d'une rivière'' * 2008 Anne Cuneo was awarded the title "Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République française" * 2013 she was named "Commandeur de l’ordre National du Mérite".

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