Walter Billeter Walter Billeter i(A33310 works by) (a.k.a. W Billeter)
Born: Established: 1943 Sierre,
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Switzerland,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1966
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BiographyHistory

Walter Billeter was born in Muraz sur Sierre, Valais, Switzerland in 1943 and trained as a civil and structural draftsman in Basel, where he also co-founded the magazine Sphaira (1962-64) and had his first publications of prose and poetry. Apart from a period as an opal miner, he has worked as a draftsperson in Melbourne and Sydney. Since 1973 he has also worked as a writer, editor, translator and publisher. He was founder of 'The Paper Castle Press' and co-founder of the literary magazine Etymspheres. He has performed language-based phonic pieces at La Trobe University in 1981 and at the Melbourne Arts Festival in 1983. Billeter operates his own press, 'The Paper Castle Press'.

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