Pierre Cormon, born 1965 in Ambilly, France, is a Swiss writer [1] and has published books in French, Brazilian Portuguese and English, including Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners.[2][3]
Biography
He began his career as a journalist with Le Nouveau Quotidien in 1992, then worked as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, Yemen and Rwanda between 1993 and 1996.[1] He resumed his career as a journalist with the Journal de Genève, La Liberté and Entreprise romande. At the same time, between 2000 and 2005, he studied the oud (oriental lute) at the Arabic Oud House in Cairo, under the guidance of the Iraqi master Naseer Shamma.[4] He drew on this experience in his novel Le Traître, which tells the story of a Swiss living in Cairo who becomes embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[5] He is also the author of a book explaining the Swiss political system to foreigners[6]and of a novel written directly in Brazilian Portuguese, set during Rio carnival.[7]
Works
Le Génie de l’aubergine, Atelier du poisson soluble, 1997, ISBN 9782950456854
Les Mémoires de Satan, Atelier du poisson soluble, 2005, ISBN 9782913741331
^ a b"Ses idées guident sa plume". Tribune de Genève. Edipresse. March 17, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
^Le Temps "Les expatriés ont besoin de comprendre notre étrange système". Le Temps. Fondation Aventinus. February 18, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^See Pauletto, Christian (2023). À la découverte des institutions politiques suisses. EPFL Press. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
^"Pierre Cormon consacre onze semaines par an à étudier le luth arabe au Caire". Le Temps. Fondation Aventinus. July 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
^"« Le Traître » guide le lecteur sur les pistes sinueuses du Moyen-Orient". Tribune de Genève. Edipresse. August 8, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^"Un journaliste explore les arcanes politiques suisses". Tribune de Genève. Edipresse. August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ Redação Carnavalesco (27 August 2024). "Escritor suiço dedica romance ao desfile de escola de samba". Carnavalesco. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
