READING'S PROGRAM 2025

Sunday June 15th, 2025 6 p.m.

ISABELLE AESCHLIMANN (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

MARC AGRON (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

ANDREW BODEN (CANADA) - FICTION, NON-FICTION

RONYA OTHMANN (GERMANY) - FICTION, NON-FICTION, POETRY

DANYI ZOLTAN (SERBIA/HUNGARY) - NON-FICTION, FICTION

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Sunday July 13th, 2025 6 p.m.

ISABELLE DESESQUELLES (FRANCE) FICTION, NON-FICTION

SUO ER (CHINA) - FICTION

EDA ISLER (TURKEY) - FICTION, TRANSLATION

ARSHIA SATTAR (INDIA) - FICTION, NON-FICTION, TRANSLATION

HANA YANKUTA (BELARUS) - POETRY, FICTION, TRANSLATION

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Sunday August 10th, 2025 6 p.m.

DHIA BOUSSELMI (TUNISIA) - FICTION, TRANSLATION

SUO ER (CHINA) - FICTION

ADRIEN RUPP (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION, PLAYWRIGHT

NAOMI SCHENCK (GERMANY/USA) FICTION, NON-FICTION

TO BE ANNOUNCED (CATALONIA, SPAIN)

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Sunday September 7th, 2025 6 p.m.

FABIENNE BOGADI (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

SUO ER (CHINA) - FICTION

NADIA HARHASH (PALESTINE) - FICTION, NON-FICTION

LALINE PAULL (UK) - FICTION

CHRISTILLAT VASSEROT (SPAIN) - TRANSLATION

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Sunday October 5th, 2025 6 p.m.

CHRISTILLAT VASSEROT (SPAIN) - TRANSLATION

- TRANSLATION

- TRANSLATION

- TRANSLATION

- TRANSLATION

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READINGS’ PROGRAM 2024

Sunday September 8th, 2024 6 p.m.

ERIC BULLIARD (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

MATHIAS HOWALD (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

MARIANA SANDEZ (ARGENTINA) - FICTION

MYRIAM WAHLI (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

EMMANUELLA LALANGA (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIK) - FILM SCRIPT

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Sunday August 11th, 2024 6 p.m.

SAGOU BANOU (MALI) - FILM SCRIPT

KHADIJA BAJABER (KENYA) - FICTION

ANNA GUAL (CATALONIA, SPAIN) - POETRY

BRUNO PELLEGRINO (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

CLAUDIA SCHUMACHER (GERMANY) - FICTION

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Sunday July 14th, 2024 6 p.m.

KHADIJA BAJABER (KENYA) - FICTION

SALAH BADIS (ALGERIA) - NON FICTION, FICTION

FANNY DESARZENS (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

NIKOLA MADZIROV (MACEDONIA) - POETRY, FICTION

TAMTA MELASHVILI (GEORGIA) - FICTION

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Sunday June 16th, 2024 6 p.m.

DOMINIQUE NEDELLEC (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

KHADIJA BAJABER (KENYA) - FICTION

ANNA MELIKOVA (UKRAINE) - FICTION, POETRY

JEAN-MARC TURINE (BELGIUM) - NON-FICTION, FICTION

RENIA WHITE (USA) - POETRY, FICTION

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Monday May 20th, 2024 6 p.m.

Looren in Lavigny Translators in Residence

DOMINIQUE NEDELLEC (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

RODRIGO GARCIA LOPES (BRAZIL) - TRANSLATION

OVIDU KOMLOD (ROMANIA) - TRANSLATION

MONA DE PRACONTAL (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

LOTTA TOIVANEN (FINLAND) - TRANSLATION

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READINGS' PROGRAM 2023

Thursday October 19th, 2023 7 p.m.

Dans le cadre de l’Atelier de Traduction Thématique organisé chaque année au Château de Lavigny par le Centre de Traduction Litteraire de l’Université de Lausanne

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lecture-performance avec Pascal Poyet

Traduire "mais" les Sonnets de Shakespeare

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Sunday September 10th, 2023 6 p.m.

IBRAHIMA AYA (MALI) - FICTION

AMILCAR BETTEGA (BRAZIL) - FICTION

CHLOE FALCY (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

FLORIN IRIMIA (ROMANIA) - FICTION

LáSZLó VÉGEL (SERBIA/Hungarian speaking) - FICTION, NON FICTION, THEATER

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Sunday August 13th, 2023 6 p.m.

IBRAHIMA AYA (MALI) - FICTION

AMEZIANE FERHANI (ALGERIA) - FICTION, NON FICTION

ANNE-FREDERIQUE ROCHAT (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

STEFFEN SCHROEDER (GERMANY) - FICTION

NELLY SCHULMAN (RUSSIA) - FICTION

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Sunday July 16th, 2023 6 p.m.

STEWART ALLEN (USA) - NON-FICTION

RALUCA ANTONESCU (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

REGINA DÜRIG (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

CRISTINA MASANES (CATALONIA, SPAIN) - NON-FICTION

ALEXEY VOÏNOV (RUSSIA - IN EXILE) - POETRY, FICTION, TRANSLATION

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Sunday June 18th, 2023 6 p.m.

FREDRIK EKMAN (SWEDEN) - NON-FICTION, LIBRETTO

MARION GRAF (SWITZERLAND) - TRANSLATION, NON-FICTION, CRITIC

TARA ISON (USA) - FICTION

OLIVIA KUDEREWSKI (GERMANY) - FICTION

CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH (UK) - FICTION

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Sunday May 14th, 2023 6 p.m.

Looren in Lavigny Translators in Residence

HELI ALIK (ESTONIA) - TRANSLATION

MARION GRAF (SWITZERLAND) - TRANSLATION

RAFAEL SEGOVIA (MEXICO) - TRANSLATION

CELINE LEROY (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

ALEXEY VOÏNOV (RUSSIA) - TRANSLATION

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READINGS' PROGRAM 2022

Sunday September 18th, 2022 6 p.m.

QIUFAN CHEN (CHINA) - FICTION, NON-FICTION, FILM

ERVINA HALILI (KOSOVO) - POETRY

CECILIA KNAPP (UK) - FICTION, POETRY

ELENA KOSTYUCHENKO (RUSSIA) - NON-FICTION, REPORTAGE

FRANZISKA ZWERG (GERMANY) - TRANSLATION

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Sunday, August 21st, 6 p.m.

QIUFAN CHEN (CHINA) - FICTION, NON-FICTION, FILM

LUCIANA CISBANI (ITALIA) - TRANSLATION

ALICE MOINE (FRANCE) - FICTION

SARA OMAR (DENMARK/KURDISTAN) - FICTION

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Sunday, July 24th, 6 p.m.

JENNIFER GROSZ (USA) - POETRY

AMIRA GEHANNE KHALFALLAH (ALGERIA) - FICTION, THEATRE, FILM

ANTON KRUEGER (SOUTH AFRICA) - THEATRE, FICTION, NON-FICTION

LAURENCE NOBECOURT (FRANCE) - FICTION, THEATRE, POETRY

ANNE-SOPHIE SUBILIA (SWITZERLAND) FICTION, POETRY

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Sunday, June 26th, 6 p.m.

RALUCA ANTONESCU (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

ELENA BALZAMO (RUSSIA-FRANCE) - TRANSLATION, NON-FICTION

STUART DISCHELL (USA) - POETRY

LOUISE DOUGHTY (UK) - FICTION

MATHIAS HOWALD (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

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Sunday, May 22nd, 6 p.m.

ELENA BALZAMO (RUSSIA-FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

EVA ANTONNIKOV (SWITZERLAND) - TRANSLATION

DAVID FERRE (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

TODORKA MINEVA (BULGARIA) -TRANSLATION

ELISABETH MONTEIRO RODRIGUES (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION

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READINGS’ PROGRAM 2021

Sunday, June 20th, 6p.m.

BETH ANN FENNELLY (USA) - FICTION, POETRY

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ANTOINE JACCOUD (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION, THEATRE, FILM

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CARSTEN JENSEN (DENMARK) - FICTION, NON FICTION, TRAVELOGUE

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REIN RAUD (ESTONIA) - FICTION, POETRY, TRANSLATION, NON-FICTION

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SHPËTIM SELMANI (KOSOVO) - FICTION, POETRY, NON-FICTION

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SUNDAY, JULY 25th, 6P.M.

IVA BRDAR (SERBIA) - THEATER, FILM, TRANSLATION

EZZ DARWIESH (EGYPT) - ESSAY, THEATER

TAREQ SAMIN (BANGLADESH) - POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION

FELICIA YAP (MALAYSIA) - FICTION

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 6P.M.

CLAUDINE GALEA (FRANCE) - THEATRE, FICTION

HEATHER HARTLEY (USA) - FICTION, POETRY

MATTHIEU RUF (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

Drawings and paintings made by EZZ DARWIESH (EGYPT)

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, 6P.M.

ADRIEN GYGAX (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

ROSIE PINHAS-DELPUECH (FRANCE) - FICTION

CELINE ZUFFEREY (SWITZERLAND) - FICTION

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 6P.M.

SIKA FAKAMBI (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION (ENGLISH/FRENCH)

REGINA LóPEZ MUñOZ (SPAIN) - TRANSLATION (FRENCH/SPANISH)

ASGHAR NOURI (IRAN) - TRANSLATION (FRENCH/PERSIAN)

BOJAN SAVIć OSTOJIć (SERBIA) - TRANSLATION (FRENCH/SERBIAN)

ROSIE PINHAS-DELPUECH (FRANCE) - TRANSLATION (HEBREW/FRENCH)

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READINGS’ PROGRAM 2020

TRANSLATORS & WRITERS IN RESIDENCE

LINDA MARIA BAROS (RoMANIa)

TATIANA CHUGUNOVA (RUSSIA)

JOSEE KAMOUN (FRANCE)

PETRUTA SPANU (RoMANIA)

FRANCOISE TORAILLE (FRANCE)

MONICA CONSTANDACHE (Switzerland/RoMANIA)

LOLA GRUBER (FRANCE)

BRUNO PELLEGRINO (Switzerland)

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READINGS’ PROGRAM 2019

WRITERS IN RESIDENCE

KATHERINE BRABON (AUSTRALIa)

KAMEL DAOUD (ALGERIa)

MOHAMED HASHEM (EGYPT)

GABRIELLA ZALAPI (Switzerland/ITALia)

LAURENCE BOISSIER (Switzerland)

LUCIANA CISBANI (ITALIa)

YULIA LATYNINA (RUSSIa)

JULIEN THEVES (FRANCE)

VEDRAN HUSIĆ (USA/BOSNIa-HERZeGOVIna)

GERTRAUD KLEMM (AUstria)

JEAN-BAPTISTE PARA (FRANCE)

YVONNE REDDICK (UK)

PETER STAMM (Switzerland)

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