100 Years Ago Yves Velan Was Born, a Swiss Writer Hailed by Roland Barthes as One of the Most Important of the 20th Century.

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On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the author of "Je" and "Soft Goulag", a series of events are organized between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Geneva. Dived into an adventurous and radical work, which renewed the literature "One of the most important books published since the Liberation." This is what announced, in 1959, the banner of a first novel, Je, d'Yves Velan. These words are signed Roland Barthes. This radical text staged a fictio…