Janine Massard (born November 13, 1939) is a Swiss writer from the Vaud canton.[1]

She was born in Rolle and began studies in literature at Lausanne, leaving after three semesters. From 2002 to 2009, she was president of the Association Films Plans-Fixes.[1]

She married Maurice Ehinger; he died in 1994. From 1965 to 1969, she was a member of the Swiss Party of Labour, known as Parti ouvrier et populaire (POP) in Vaud.[2] Massard received the Prix culturels vaudois for literature in 2007.[1]

Selected works[1]

  • La petite monnaie des jours, novel (partly autobiographical) (1985), received the Prix Schiller in 1986
  • Terre noire d'usine, non-fiction
  • Trois mariages, non-fiction, won the Prix des Ecrivains vaudois
  • Ce qui reste de Katharina, novel, received the Prix de la Bibliothèque pour Tous in 1998
  • Comme si je n'avais pas traversé l'été, novel, received the Prix Edouard Rod in 2002
  • Un Jardin face à la France, novel (2006)
  • Childéric et Cathy sont dans un bateau, stories (2010)
  • Gens du Lac, novel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Janine Massard" (in French). Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne.
  2. ↑ Jeanneret, Pierre (2002). Popistes: histoire du Parti ouvrier et populaire vaudois, 1943-2001. p. 698. ISBN 2829002725.
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