Asa Lanova (born Maryse Jaton; 17 March 1933 – 26 December 2017) was a Swiss dancer and Suisse Romande author. Biography Asa Lanova was born in Switzerland, spending her youth in Lausanne. At 17, she went to Paris to study dance where she performed with dancers such as Maurice Béjart. She returned to Switzerland in 1956, performing at the Zürich Opera House and the Grand Théâtre de Genève. After leaving her dance career, Lanova began to write novels, publishing her first, La dernière migration, in 1977. After switching to a different publisher, Bernard Campiche, Lanova received recognition for her work, winning prizes for both Le Blues d'Alexandrie and La Gazelle tartare. In 1965, she married fellow dancer Philippe Dahlmann. Lanova died at her home in Pully on 26 December 2017. Literary prizes 2009 - Prix culturel vaudois Littérature for her literary work. 2005 - 5,000 SFr Schiller Prize for La Gazelle tartare. 1999 - Prix Bibliothèque pour Tous (BPT) (now Prix Bibliomedia Suisse) for Le Blues d'Alexandrie. Publications La dernière migration, Paris, Régine Deforges, 1977 Crève l'amour, Paris, éditions Acropole, 1984; Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, « CamPoche», 2006 Le cœur tatoué, Paris, éditions Mazarine, 1988 L'étalon de ténèbre, Paris, Régine Deforges, 1991; Vevey, Éditions de l'Aire, 1999 Le testament d'une mante religieuse, Vevey, éditions de l'Aire, 1995 Le blues d'Alexandrie Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 1998 Les jardins de Shalalatt Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2001 La Gazelle tartare, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2004 La nuit du destin, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2007 Les heures nues, Orbe, Bernard Campiche éditeur, 2011 References 1933 births 2017 deaths Swiss ballerinas Swiss women novelists People from Lausanne