FROM AUGUST 2 to AUGUST 29, 2022
Qiufan Chen (China) fiction
Pro Helvetia Shangai Fellowship
Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chan, is a Chinese science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter. His first novel was “The Waste Tide”, which "combines realism with allegory to present the hybridity of humans and machines". Chen Qiufan's short fiction works have won three Galaxy Awards for Chinese Science Fiction, twelve Nebula Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy in Chinese. "The Fish of Lijiang" received the Best Short Form Award for the 2012 Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards. His works have been translated into many languages.
Luciana Cisbani (Italy) translation
PRO HELVETIA FELLOWSHIP FOR THE TRANSLATION OF A SWISS WORK
Translation project (French > Italian) “Une famille” by French-speaking Swiss writer Pascale Kramer
Literary translator for almost 30 years, she has worked as an editor and lexicographer of bilingual dictionaries.
She is a professor of translation at the Università Statale di Milano and of Italian L2 at the University of Milan-Bicocca. She is also a tutor for the specialization program in literary translation at the University of Lausanne and organizes the ViceVersa French-Italian workshops for professional translators.
This residency is supported by Pro Helvetia
Alice Moine (France) fiction
Alice Moine divides her time between writing and film editing. A graduate of the Atelier Scénario de La FEMIS, her novels explore the unspoken and the cracks in women's lives that run through our contemporary era. She is the author of a choral novel “Faits d'Hiver “(Kero, 2015), a psychological thriller “La Femme de Dos” (Serge Safran, 2018) as well as two intimate novels - “Les Fluides” (Belfond, 2020) and “Les Belles Plantes” (Plon, 2021) - She is currently working on a text on the theme of obstetrical violence and maternity.
Sara Omar (Denmark/Kurdistan) fiction
Born and raised in Kurdistan, Sara Omar fled the war in the late 1990s and took refuge in Denmark. She has a degree in political science, is a member of the panel of experts on arts & globalisation and is a member of several organisations and associations supporting women. Inspired by real events, her first novel The Dead Washer opens a series centred around the character of Frmesk. In Denmark, Sara Omar is the winner of the Readers' Choice Award, as well as the Human Rights Award, and in 2018 she was voted 'Woman of the Year' by Elle magazine.
