The daughter of painter Edmond Bille and of a peasant mother, Corinna Bille spent her childhood in Sierre in a well-off environment frequently visited by Pierre-Jean Jouve and Romain Rolland. After her stay in Paris where she discovered modern art and Surrealism, she won the The Genevan Institute short story prize in 1938 for “La Sainte” and...
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