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Yvette Z'Graggen
Swiss writer and translator
Yvette Z'Graggen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 March |
| Died | 16 April () (aged&#;92) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, translator |
Yvette Z'Graggen (31 March - 16 April ) was a Swiss writer and translator.[1][2]
Early life and education
Yvette Z'Graggen was born in Geneva on 31 March to Alice (née Hekschohann) and Heinrich Z'Graggen.[3] Her father was Swiss German and a dentist and her mother came from Vienna, with Hungarian ancestry.[4][5] Her paternal grandfather came from the canton of Uri and had moved to Graubünden.[6] Her parents spoke High German when she was young, her mother in memory of Vienna, her father because he preferred it to the Glarus dialect.
After they decided to live in Geneva, French was spoken in the family.[7] The family were part of the Protestant Geneva bourgeoisie.[6] At the age of six, she invented the characters Mimi and Noémie,