Pierrette Micheloud

Pierrette Micheloud
Pierette Micheloud in 1984
Born	6 December 1915 Vex
Died	14 November 2007(2007-11-14)(aged 91) Cully
Occupation(s)	Poet Painter

Pierrette Micheloud(6 December 1915 – 14 November 2007) was a Swiss writer and painter.

Life

She was born inRomontand studied atNeuchâtelandLausanne.She next spent some time in England perfecting her English, going on to study French literature and German at theUniversity of Zurichand theology at theUniversity of Lausanne.She lived in Paris from 1950, where she devoted herself primarily to writing poetry. She also contributed to the Swiss periodicalsLa Liberté,Gazette de LausanneandTreize EtoilesandLes Nouvelles littérairesof Paris. During the 1970s, she was editor of the Paris literary magazineLa voix des poètes.Micheloud also wrote a column on poetry for the weeklyConstruire.

During her time in Paris, there were more than ten major exhibits of her paintings.

Micheloud died inCullyat the age of 91. A foundation was created in her nameto preserve and promote her work; it awards an annual prize for poetry in French.

Awards

In 1964, with Edith Mora, she founded thePrix Louise-Labé;the jury for this award consists entirely of women.She received the:

• Prix Edgar Poe awarded by the Maison de poésie of Paris in 1972
• prize awarded by the canton ofValaisin 2002

Selected works

• Valais de coeur,poetry (1964), received thePrix Schiller
• Douce-amer,poetry (1980), received the Prix Schiller
• Les mots, la pierre,poetry (1984), received thePrix Guillaume Apollinaire
• L'ombre ardente,autobiography (1995)
• Poésie(2000), received the Grand Prix de poésie Charles Vildrac from the Société des gens de Lettres de France
• Du fuseau fileur de lin,poetry (2004)
• Nostalgie de l'innocence,autobiography (2006)

External links

• "Fondation Pierrette Michelou"(in French).