Jacques Chessex is one of Switzerland's greatest contemporary authors (1934-2009). He is revered in France and won the Prix Goncourt in 1973 for L'Ogre. His other works include Monsieur (2001), L'Economie du Ciel (2003) and Le Vampire de Ropraz (2007) and Un juif pour l'exemple (2009), published in numerous languages. (Portrait credit:I.Levy)
