Alice Rivaz

1901–1998 (age 97)

Biography

Alice Rivaz explored the inner lives of women and families with a language that was at once lyrical and unforgiving, making her one of the most important voices in francophone Swiss literature.

Her poems and novels still illuminate quiet struggles, and the Cemetery of Kings keeps watch over the city she so patiently observed.

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