Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand
Related Category: Miscellaneous European Literature: Biographies
(shärl fĕrdēnäN´ rämüz´), 1878–1947, Swiss novelist. His works deal with the simple people of his native canton of Vaud. Among his major novels are
Le Règne de l'esprit malin (1917; tr.
The Region of the Evil One, 1922),
Présence de la mort (1922; tr.
The End of All Men, 1944),
La Grand Peur dans la montagne (1926), and
Derborence (1935; tr.
When the Mountain Fell, 1947).
