Maurice Zermatten
Deceased Person
1910 – 2001
Who was Maurice Zermatten?
Maurice Zermatten was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
He was born in Saint-Martin, Valais, a small village situated in the Val d'Hérens, in the canton of Valais. He was first educated at the Ecole normale and then at the University of Fribourg. He published his first novel Le Coeur inutile in 1936 at the age of 26. He taught at the College of Sion where he stayed until retirement. In 1952 he became Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich. Maurice Zermatten also performs a military career leading him to the rank of colonel.
He's dedicated himself to several literary genres like novel, storytelling, short-story, etc.
Born novelist, Maurice Zermatten describes the novel as "a complete kind where the author creates characters, history and environment. It is a fiction that reflects reality as it draws its imagination in life."
Maurice Zermatten is also Jean Zermatten's father.
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- Born
- Oct 22, 1910
Saint-Martin, Valais - Children
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Education
- University of Fribourg
- Died
- Feb 11, 2001
Sion
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on July 23, 2013
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