Prizes and Distinctions
Maurice Zermatten won several distinctions like : Schiller Prize (1938 and 1956), Grand Prix Catholique de Littérature for all his work (1959), Gottfried Keller Prize (1959), Prix de l'Académie française (1960),
He also became Officier de l’Ordre du mérite national français des arts et des lettres and Bourgeois d'honneur de la ville de Sion (1976)
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| Name | Zermatten, Maurice |
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| Short description | Swiss writer |
| Date of birth | October 22, 1910 |
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| Date of death | February 11, 2001 |
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