Edipresse founder Marc Lamunière deceased
Former French-speaking Swiss publisher Marc Lamunière died on Tuesday at the age of 100. He led the fortunes of the Edipresse publishing house in Lausanne for several decades as head and later as chairman of the board of directors.
His family announced the death on Thursday. The lawyer, born in 1921, was from 1952 at the head of the newspaper Société Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne - since 1972 24 heures - and the company Imprimeries Réunies, which later became Edipresse. He acted as Managing Director until 1986 and then as Chairman of the Board of the company until 1998, when he retired.
His son Pierre Lamunière succeeded him. In 2010, Edipresse ceded its Swiss media activities to the Zurich-based media company Tamedia.
Painting, jazz and writing
A lover of painting, lithographs and jazz - he played the double bass and drums himself - Lamunière also practiced writing. He is the author of several books and numerous columns, especially for the newspaper of the time Le Nouveau Quotidien.
Marc Lamunière wrote mainly short stories and crime novels, respectively under the pseudonyms Marc Lacaze and Ken Wood. For his 1996 collection "Le dessert indien" he was awarded the prestigious Prix de la Nouvelle de la langue française. (SDA)
