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Robert de Traz
1884–1951
A Swiss novelist and essayist with a strong feel for Geneva’s cultural life, he helped shape literary debate between the world wars. His work moves between fiction, biography, criticism, and reflections on Europe and the idea of Geneva itself.
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About the author
Born in Paris on May 14, 1884, and later closely tied to Geneva, Robert de Traz became an important Swiss man of letters writing in French. He first trained for business, but turned toward literature, journalism, and criticism, contributing to journals and launching reviews of his own.
He is especially remembered for founding La Revue de Genève in 1920, a major literary review that brought together prominent European writers in the interwar years. Alongside that editorial work, he wrote novels, essays, and biographies, including books on the Brontë family, Pierre Loti, and Gustave Ador.
His name is also linked to L'Esprit de Genève (1929), a book that reflects his belief in Geneva’s wider cultural and international role at a time of deep concern about European civilization. He died in Nice on January 10, 1951.