The Grand Prix C.F. Ramuz is a literary award presented every five years by the Foundation C.F. Ramuz to honour a writer's entire work. It has been awarded from 1955 until 2005. The foundation's stated goals are to: maintain the memory of Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, and keep his works alive. support the diffusion and the republication of the works of the writer. support critical translations and work, particularly through conferences. help with the creation of spectacles drawn from Ramuz's work. encourage French literary creation and Swiss writers of the French language
The foundation also presents a tri-annual Poetry Prize, the 'Prix de poésie'.
Laureates of the great prize The following have received the award:Foundation C.F. Ramuz from culturactif.ch. 1955: Pierre-Louis Matthey (1893-1970) 1960: Charles-François Landry (1909-1973) 1965: Marcel Raymond (1897-1981) 1970: Philippe Jaccottet (born 1925) 1975: Jacques Mercanton (1910-1996) 1980: Alice Rivaz (1901-1998) 1985: Georges Haldas (1917-2010) 1990: Yves Velan (1925-2017) 1995: Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998) 2000: Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949-2010) 2005: Pierre Chappuis (born 1930) 2010: Jean-Luc Benoziglio (1941-2013) 2015: Catherine Safonoff (born 1939) 2020: Philippe Rahmy
Laureates of the poetry prize 1983: José-Flore Tappy, for Errer mortelle 1986: Sylviane Dupuis, for Creuser la nuit 1992: Alain Rochat, for Fuir pour être celui qui ne fuit pas 1999: Claire Genoux, for Saisons du corps 2002: Caroline Schumacher, for Les Grandes Vacances 2007: Mary-Laure Zoss, for Le noir du ciel 2013: Claudine Gaetzi, for Rien qui se dise 2016: Pierrine Poget, for Fondations
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