Maurice Zermatten

Maurice Zermatten (22 October 1910, in Saint-Martin, Valais – 11 February 2001, in Sion) was a French-speaking Swiss writer.

In 1952 he became a lecturer in (French Literature) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich.

Maurice Zermatten also performed a military career leading him to the rank of colonel.

Born novelist, Maurice Zermatten described the novel as "a complete kind where the author creates characters, history and environment.

He dedicated works to writers: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, Léon Savary, Rainer Maria Rilke, Gonzague de Reynold and also to painters : Théodore Stravinski, Charles Menge, Georges Borgeaud, Paul Monnier and Ferdinand Dubuis.