sentences:  Jean François Billeter was born in Basel on the 7th of June 1939 to parents originating from Neuchâtel.His first language is French, but he received an education in German until the end of high school and the baccalaureate (specializing in Greek and Latin).At university, he studied French literature in Basel (under ), and then in Geneva (under Marcel Reymond), where he obtained his BA in 1961.