Writing · Novel
Born Mar 1, 1934 · Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
Active 1986–2009 · Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix Goncourt, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix de la langue française, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie, Sade Prize, Mallarmé Prize
Jacques Chessex (Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter. Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne.