Ernest Bory

René Borchanne, whose real name was Ernest Bory, completed an apprenticeship in a bank before becoming chief of financial and accounting services for the Société de la Feuille d’Avis de Lausanne et des Imprimeries générales. He was also active as a gymnast.

As a writer, Borchanne was a member of several associations, among them the literary Group Jean Violette (Genève), the Swiss Society of writers, and of the Vaud Writers Association. For his poetic work René Borchanne received the Award of Rhône Poetry in 1946 and the Grand Prize of Rhône Literature in 1947.