Jean-François Fournier

Jean-François Fournier (born 12 January 1966 in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland) is a writer, playwright, poet and biographer Vaud.

After a Degree in philosophy and letters from the Academy of Grenoble, he attended the University of Fribourg. He then decided to practice journalism and attended the Romand Training Centre for Journalists. He worked for the newspapers Le Nouveau Quotidien and Le Matin and then moved to Canada.

He was awarded the first Prize of Poetry from the Vaud Association of Writers in 1983. He received the 1988 Journalism Award from the Council of Europe, and in 1998, the canton of Valais awarded him an award for his entire literary production.

Publications Alcools de Vienne (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1989 Jacques, fils du tonnerre (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1994 Triptyque (novel), Ed. l'Hexagone, Montréal, 1998 Acqua alta (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 2000 La nuit qui tua Juan Don (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 2002 Par-dessus le vide (poem), Ed. La Matze, Sion, 1987 Expo.02 : c'est ça, la Suisse ? (art critique, joint work), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 2002 Egon Schiele ou la décadence de Vienne, 1890-1918 (biography), Ed. Jean-Claude Lattès, Paris, 1992 Jacques Villeneuve : au nom du père et du fils (biography), Ed. Chronosports, Saint-Barthélémy, 1996 Librairie, corps et âmes (joint work), Ed. Vinci, Paris, 1993 Ligne de métro (joint work), L'Hexagone et VLB éditeur, Montréal, 2002 Souviens-toi, Nendaz : promenades d'écrivains (joint work), Ed. IGN, Nendaz, 2003 Don Maifisto (theatre, with music by Henri-Louis Matter), Ed. Vinci, Paris, 1993.