Raymond Bruckert (November 19, 1935 – August 23, 2017) was an author of Swiss novels, geography textbooks for primary education, as well as other technical and educational publications. He began to write novels shortly after his retirement.

Biography

A Doctor of Science from the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

, he is first and foremost a teacher and directs development courses, while doing research in

solar energy Solar energy is the radiant energy from the Sun's sunlight, light and heat, which can be harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating) and solar architecture. It is a ...

. He began at age 18 as a teacher for all levels of the single class of

Romont Romont (; ) is a municipality and capital of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Romont is first mentioned in 1177 as ''in Rotundo Monte''. In 1244 it was mentioned as ''Romont''. The municipality was f ...

, a small village in the Bernese Jura. He then became the official translator in the city of Biel in charge of cultural affairs in French and municipal statistician. In the meantime, he taught at the commercial school in Biel. School managers in

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...

concluded his career as director of the school in

Moutier Moutier () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Switzerland. Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois (administrative district), Jura bernois administrative district of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Ber ...

. He is under regular review of the Jura region for the magazine ''Jura pluriel'' and is a member of the ''Association des écrivains neuchâtelois et jurassiens'' in Jura. He lives in Plagne, a village north of Romand Biel.

Publications

*1970 ''Bienne, son agglomération, sa région'' *1976 ''L'Agriculture mondiale'' *1977 ''L'Industrie dans le monde'' *1980 ''Le Soleil pour tous'' – Initiation of solar energy practice, Randin *2000 ''Chronique d'un grand froid'', Cabédita (novel) *2001 ''Le Rire interdit : apogée et chute d'une utopie'' (novel) *2003 ''A la recherche du bonnet magique'', Le Champ de la Draize, Plagne (novel) *2006 ''Les Veillées de jadis'', Editions Intervalles, Prêles (novel)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruckert, Raymond 1935 births 2017 deaths People from Biel/Bienne Swiss writers