About Hélène Guisan
Born 1916. Hélène Guisan is a Swiss translator, poet and author.
Hélène Guisan-Démétriadès ( Démétriadès, born 16 November 1916) is a Swiss Vaud writer, poet and teacher.
She was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire on 16 November 1916, and came to Switzerland at the age of six. After studying literature and years of teaching Ancient Greek, she married the Vaud councilor .
She translated Greek tragedies into French and wrote many articles of spiritual reflection. She is also the author of La Tierce présence, a work which was awarded the Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie Française in 1995.
As of November 2019, Guisan lives in Lausanne.
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Who is Hélène Guisan?
Swiss writer and poet
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Hélène Guisan was born on 16 November 1916 in Constantinople.
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Hélène Guisan is a translator, poet and author.
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Hélène Guisan is Swiss.
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