Background
Bille was born in Lausanne, the daughter of Swiss painter Edmond Bille, and grew up in Sierre.
Bille was born in Lausanne, the daughter of Swiss painter Edmond Bille, and grew up in Sierre.
In 1937, she returned to Switzerland, where she fell gravely illinois After her recovery, Bille married the writer Maurice Chappaz. Several short stories and novels by Bille were translated into German and Italian and a few short stories were translated into English.
In 2006, a collection of English translations of short stories and longer prose was published as The Transparent Girl and Other Stories.
Although Bille travelled extensively, she always returned home to Valais. She died in Sierre. Her estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.