Ivan Farron (born 17 November 1971,

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) is a Swiss French speaking writer from

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Biography

Born in

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, Ivan Farron is a graduate of the business school of Lausanne. He then attended the evening gymnasium to enter the Faculty of Arts of the

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. After obtaining his bachelor's degree, he worked as an assistant to the chair of French literature at the

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, where he obtained a doctorate. He was revealed by his first narration crowned by the Prix Dentan in 1996, ''Un après-midi avec Wackernagel'', in which a young man awaits with anguish a childhood friend who has just spent six months in a psychiatric asylum and wonders about the changes that have taken place during this long absence. Ivan Farron is a member of the association.

Publications

*1995: ''Un après-midi avec Wackernagel'', , Prix Dentan 1996 *2004: ''Pierre Michon. La grâce par les œuvres'', Éditions Zoé, *2005: ''Panégyrique de Bertram Rothe'', in "La collection de Bertram Rothe", Lausanne, art&fiction, *2006: ''Les déménagements inopportuns'', Éditions Zoé,

Prix Fénéon The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fén ...

2006 *2010: ''Allégories'', in "Mode de vie", art&fiction, *2011: ''L'appétit limousin. Quelques réflexions sur Les Onze de Pierre Michon'', ,

Sources

* Anne-Lise Delacrétaz, Daniel Maggetti, ''Écrivaines et écrivains d'aujourd'hui'', 2002, p. 281-282 * Roger Francillon, ''Histoire de la littérature de Suisse romande'', vol. 4, p. 441 * ''Hebdo'' n° 4, 2001 * Jean Kaempfer, ''Le Temps'', 2006/02/04

External links

Ivan Farron
on the site of the Bibliothèque cantonale et uniersitaire of the

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Jean-Michel Olivier - Feuilleton littéraire

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