Into the Sun

““The greatest Swiss novelist of the French language.”” – Francois Bondy - The New York Times““Through the telescope of time, it is easy to see how navigating both fluidity and fragmentation allowed Ramuz to join those twentieth-century novelists who redefined literature—Proust, Woolf, and Mann.”” – Patti M. Marxsen - Asymptote Journal“ “Ramuz is the only contemporary writer who gives me the impression of having done something new.”” – Andre Gide

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947) is the preeminent francophone Swiss writer of the twentieth century. Often set in remote Swiss villages, his many novels—enigmatic, mystical, apocalyptic—fascinated Céline, Gide, and Giono. Céline predicted that Ramuz would be among a handful of his contemporaries who were going to be read in the year 2000. He also wrote the libretto for his friend Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.

Olivia Baes translated C.F. Ramuz’s 1908 novel Jean-Luc persécuté.

Emma Ramadan is the recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a Fulbright. Her translations include Ahmed Bouanani’s Shutters for New Directions.