Daniel de Roulet was born in 1944 in Geneva. Writing in both French and German, he represents two major neighbouring Swiss cultures. His recent novels are published in Paris and carry the motifs of running and the colour blue: The Blue Line, The Blue Century and Grey-Blue. He has also published an autobiography Double, in 1998. Daniel de Roulet lives in Frasne, France.

• Essays : In praise of multilingualism, bad French and the canoe instructor

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