May 27 - June 23, 2025
Isabelle Aeschlimann (Switzerland) Fiction
She received the Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Lausanne for her novel Les secrets de nos cœurs silencieux (Editions Les Nouveaux Auteurs 2023).
Isabelle Aeschlimann-Petignat was born in 1979 and grew up in Alle, in the canton of Jura. She now lives in the canton of Vaud. In 2012, she published her first book. In 2023 she published her second novel Les secrets de nos cœurs silencieux (Les Nouveaux Auteurs), which won the Prix Coup de cœur du Jury du Grand Prix du roman Femme Actuelle and the Prix du Livre de la Ville de Lausanne 2024.
This residency is supported by The city of Lausanne
Marc Agron (Switzerland/Croatia)
Marc Agron was born in Zagreb in 1963. He arrived in Switzerland at the age of 19 and studied at the University of Neuchâtel. He then studied to become a bookseller specializing in antiquarian books. In 1996, he opened the Univers bookshop and gallery in Lausanne. His first novel, Mémoires de cellules, was published in 2017. In recent years, he has devoted most of his time to writing. La vie des choses is his fourth novel.
Marc Agron has received the Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Lausanne 2025 for his novel La vie des choses (Editions La Veilleuse).
This residency is supported by the City of Lausanne
Andrew Boden (Canada) Fiction, non-fiction
Andrew Boden’s fiction and non-fiction has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, including the Journey Prize anthology. His debut novel, When We Were Ashes, was published in September 2024 by Goose Lane Editions. He is also the co-editor of Hidden Lives: Coming Out on Mental Illness, an anthology of personal essays published by Brindle & Glass. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.
Ronya Othmann (Germany) Poetry, fiction, non-fiction
Ronya Othmann was born in Munich in 1993. She writes poetry, prose and essays and works as a journalist. She has received many awards for her work. Her novel ‘Die Sommer’ was published in 2020, her poetry collection ‘die verbrechen’ in 2021 and ‘Vierundsiebzig’, a documentary novel about the genocide of the Yazidis, in 2024.
This residency is supported by Rowohlt Verlag.
Danyi Zoltan (Serbie) Fiction
Born in 1972 in Senta, former Yugoslavia, into a family of rose growers and a member of Serbia's Hungarian minority, Zoltán Danyi is the author of poems, short stories and novels. Published by Magvető in 2015, A dögeltakarító won the Miklós Mészöly Prize, and in 2021, A rózsákról was shortlisted for Hungary's Independent Libri Prize. A former publisher and university lecturer, he still works in rose-growing.
This residency is supported by S. Fischer Stiftung
