Maurice Zermatten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Zermatten

Swiss writer (1910-2001)

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1910

Place of Birth: Saint-Martin, Canton of Valais, Switzerland

Date of Death: 11-Feb-2001

Profession: writer, playwright, literary critic

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Maurice Zermatten (22 October 1910, in Saint-Martin, Valais – 11 February 2001, in Sion) was a French-speaking Swiss writer. He was born in Saint-Martin, Valais, a small village situated in the Val d'Hérens, in the canton of Valais.
He was first educated at the Ecole normale and then at the University of Fribourg.
He published his first novel Le Coeur inutile in 1936 at the age of 26.
He taught at the College of Sion where he stayed until retirement.
In 1952 he became Lecturer (French Literature) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich.
Maurice Zermatten also performs a military career leading him to the rank of colonel.
He's dedicated himself to several literary genres like novel, storytelling, short-story, etc. Born novelist, Maurice Zermatten describes the novel as "a complete kind where the author creates characters, history and environment.
It is a fiction that reflects reality as it draws its imagination in life." Maurice Zermatten is also Jean Zermatten's father.