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Asa Lanova
(born
Maryse Jaton
; 17 March 1933 ? 26 December 2017) was a Swiss dancer and
Suisse Romande
author.
Biography
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Asa Lanova was born in Switzerland, spending her youth in
Lausanne
. At 17, she went to Paris to study dance where she performed with dancers such as
Maurice Bejart
. She returned to Switzerland in 1956, performing at the
Zurich Opera House
and the
Grand Theatre de Geneve
.
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After leaving her dance career, Lanova began to write novels, publishing her first,
La derniere migration
, in 1977. After switching to a different publisher, Bernard Campiche, Lanova received recognition for her work, winning prizes for both
Le Blues d'Alexandrie
and
La Gazelle tartare
.
[1]
[2]
In 1965, she married fellow dancer
Philippe Dahlmann
.
[2]
Lanova died at her home in
Pully
on 26 December 2017.
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Literary prizes
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- 2009 - Prix culturel vaudois Litterature for her literary work.
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- 2005 - 5,000 SFr
Schiller Prize
for
La Gazelle tartare
.
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- 1999 - Prix Bibliotheque pour Tous (BPT) (now Prix Bibliomedia Suisse) for
Le Blues d'Alexandrie
.
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Publications
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- La derniere migration
, Paris, Regine Deforges, 1977
- Creve l'amour
, Paris, editions Acropole, 1984; Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur,
coll.
≪ CamPoche≫, 2006
- Le cœur tatoue
, Paris, editions Mazarine, 1988
- L'etalon de tenebre
, Paris, Regine Deforges, 1991; Vevey,
Editions de l'Aire
, 1999
- Le testament d'une mante religieuse
, Vevey, editions de l'Aire, 1995
- Le blues d'Alexandrie
Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur, 1998
- Les jardins de Shalalatt
Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur, 2001
- La Gazelle tartare
, Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur, 2004
- La nuit du destin
, Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur, 2007
- Les heures nues
, Orbe, Bernard Campiche editeur, 2011
ISBN
978-2-88241-286-7
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