S. Corinna Bille

Christiane Makward (Penn State University)

Ed. by Hugo Azerad, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 29 Aug 1912
Died 24 Oct 1979
Activity 1944-1979

Places

Born in Switzerland
Active in Switzerland

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

Bille's Works

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The eldest of three, Bille was born to a gentle, devout peasant mother who was the second wife of a formidable father: stained-glass master, painter, collector of rural religious art and would-be businessman. Her parents’ courtship was recounted as “Virginia 1891”, one of the two novellas of

Deux passions

(1979). The Upper Valais country folks and sceneries were a major source of inspiration for Bille. She pursued no higher degrees but bathed in art and literature, among books and artists. She dabbled in languages and accounting, assisting her father at home, then she experienced a short-lived first marriage to a French actor who took her to pre-World War II Paris. After recovering from poor health and depression which she fought through writing, the tall, beautiful woman became…

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Citation: Makward, Christiane. "S. Corinna Bille". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 May 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13476, accessed 31 October 2024.]