François Bondy (1 January 1915 – 27 May 2003) was a Swiss journalist and novelist.

Biography

François Bondy was born on 1 January 1915 in Berlin. As a pupil at the lycée de Nice (1928–1933), he became one of the friends of Romain Gary, then Roman Kacew.

Career

He worked for Swiss and German newspapers and was reputed for his political commentaries. He translated all of Ionesco's books into German. In 1940, Bondy worked for Die Weltwoche; in 1950, he joined the Congress for Cultural Freedom and established the monthly magazine Preuves in Paris. From 1970, he lived in Zürich. Bondy was the first Western intellectual who promoted among others the work of the Polish exile writer Witold Gombrowicz.

Death

He died on 27 May 2003 in Zürich.

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