Savary was the son of a German russified aristocratic mother from the Baltic region (Von Paucker) and a father who was Protestant pastor from Vaud and was a converted to Roman Catholicism. After studying at the University of Fribourg, he worked from 1921 to 1923 for the Geneva newspaper la tribune de Genève, in Geneva, and correspondent in Bern (1935-1946) and Paris (1946-1956). He was Historian of the city of his own choice Fribourg.[2] He wrote about twenty books, most of them are not published anymore.
With René de Weck and Gonzague de Reynold, he formed the troika of Fribourg writers of the early twentieth century.
He had a great knowledge of the Swiss political system and habits. In Letters with Suzanne (French: Lettres à Suzanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1949), he denounced "the occult influence of hitlerism on Swiss people during the second world war, which were not conscious of being under". About Swiss Politic in general, in the same book, covering the Federal Palace, he said, with his alert and sharp pen: "The Swiss do not desire great men, and in politics, they are afraid to have them. What they like is honesty and average aptitude to manage public affairs like a shop. They mistrust superiority and, let us frankly admit, they are horrified at genius. No geniuses, no saints, even talent is suspect. It is enough to say that a politician who showed signs of surpassing the low water mark would be promptly subject to public discredit"
After coming back from Paris in 1956, he spent the end of his life in the cities of Vevey and Bulle.
léon, savary, fleurier, 1895, boudry, 1968, swiss, french, speaking, writer, journalist, from, payerne, vaud, contents, biography, works, awards, bibliography, references, external, linksbiography, editsavary, german, russified, aristocratic, mother, from, bal. Leon Savary Fleurier 1895 Boudry 1968 was a Swiss French speaking writer and journalist 1 from Payerne Vaud Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Awards 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External linksBiography editSavary was the son of a German russified aristocratic mother from the Baltic region Von Paucker and a father who was Protestant pastor from Vaud and was a converted to Roman Catholicism After studying at the University of Fribourg he worked from 1921 to 1923 for the Geneva newspaper la tribune de Geneve in Geneva and correspondent in Bern 1935 1946 and Paris 1946 1956 He was Historian of the city of his own choice Fribourg 2 He wrote about twenty books most of them are not published anymore With Rene de Weck and Gonzague de Reynold he formed the troika of Fribourg writers of the early twentieth century He had a great knowledge of the Swiss political system and habits In Letters with Suzanne French Lettres a Suzanne Lausanne Switzerland 1949 he denounced the occult influence of hitlerism on Swiss people during the second world war which were not conscious of being under About Swiss Politic in general in the same book covering the Federal Palace he said with his alert and sharp pen The Swiss do not desire great men and in politics they are afraid to have them What they like is honesty and average aptitude to manage public affairs like a shop They mistrust superiority and let us frankly admit they are horrified at genius No geniuses no saints even talent is suspect It is enough to say that a politician who showed signs of surpassing the low water mark would be promptly subject to public discredit After coming back from Paris in 1956 he spent the end of his life in the cities of Vevey and Bulle Works editLe secret de Joachim Ascalles 1923 Manido chez les genevois 1927 Fribourg Payot Lausanne 1929 OCLC 12515493 Le College Saint Michel 1932 La chartreuse de La Valsainte 1937 OCLC 34067593 Le fardeau leger 1938 Le cordon d argent 1940 La fin d un mensonge 1940 Le troupeau sans berger 1942 En passant la Tribune de Geneve editions 1942 Au seuil de la sacristie 1942 OCLC 35332461 Lettres a Suzanne 1949 Le cendrier d Erymanthe 1953 OCLC 35332466 Les anges gardiens 1953 Le fonds des ressuscites memoirs first volume 1956 OCLC 29859521 Voulez vous etre conseiller national 1958 OCLC 25045376 Les balances faussees memoirs second volume 1966 La bibliotheque de Sauvives 1970 OCLC 422068208 L ame de Geneve Slatkine Geneva 1978 OCLC 15696663 œuvres maitresses five volumes Slatkine Geneva 1978 OCLC 15696661Awards editLeon Savary won the Schiller Prize in 1960 Bibliography editMaurice Zermatten Leon Savary a l occasion de son soixante dixieme anniversaire Bienne 1965 OCLC 14085529 Charles Linsmayer Literaturszene Schweiz 157 Kurzportraits von Rousseau bis Gertrud Leutenegger Unionsverlag Zurich 1989 ISBN 978 3 293 00152 7 P 212 ss References edit Chevallaz Georges Andre 2001 The challenge of neutrality diplomacy and the defense of Switzerland Lexington Books ISBN 9780739102749 Biography Leon Savary in Larousse Dictionary Retrieved March 4 2014External links editLibrary of Congress authorities Documents from and on Leon Savary in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland Publications by and about Leon Savary in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library nbsp nbsp This article about a Swiss writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Savary amp oldid 1188045020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
