August 19 to September 15, 2025
Fabienne Bogadi (Switzerland) Fiction, poetry
Fabienne Bogádi was born in Valais in 1960. She is a translator, journalist, editor and communications manager. She studied sociology and literature at Lausanne University. She has written poetry, short stories and two novels. She won the Prix des lecteurs de la ville de Lausanne in 2019 for her novel Les immortelles. In addition to her career as an author, she works as a business journalist and on assignment for newspapers and institutions.
This residency is supported by the Canton of Vaud.
Suo Er (China) Fiction
Suo Er 索耳 is the author of the novel 伐木之夜 [The Night of the Felling] and the story collection 非亲非故 [Noncorrelation]. His works have appeared in China’s top literary magazines and received many awards, the 43rd Hong Kong Youth Literary Award and a 2021 nomination as Most Promising Newcomer of the Year by the Southern Literature Festival among them. He has also engaged in publishing, media, and exhibition work. His writing concerns itself with the dispersion of cultures, and with lives of individuals in a “Southern framework. He is based in Guangzhou.
This residency is supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Shanghai
Nadia Harhash (Palestine) Fiction, non-fiction, translation
Nadia Harhash is a Palestinian writer, researcher, and columnist from Jerusalem. She is completing her Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, focusing on gender, identity, and colonial modernity. Her work encompasses both academic research and literary exploration. Nadia has authored several novels, including In the Shadow of Men and On the Trail of Mariam, and has conducted research on Palestinian women's movements and gender in Islamic philosophy. During her residency at Château de Lavigny, she will work on translating On the Trail of Mariamfrom Arabic to English, aiming to share its narratives of resilience, mythology, and displacement with a broader audience.
This residency is supported by Artlink FondsCulturelSud
Laline Paull (UK) Fiction, drama
London-born Laline Paull is a novelist and dramatist of Indian heritage. She is the author of three novels, most recently Pod, a science-backed cetacean epic. Her second, The Ice, tells of geopolitical intrigue on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and she is currently adapting her debut novel, The Bees, at the National Theatre. She has spoken at the House of Lords, BAFTA and COP26 on the role of stories in tackling the climate crisis.
Christilla Vasserot (Spain) Translation
PROGRAMME GILBERT MUSY
MASTER CLASS CTL UNIL
Christilla Vasserot was born in Alicante, Spain, in 1970. She is a Spanish translator and lecturer in the Department of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3. After writing her doctoral thesis on contemporary Cuban theater, she devoted part of her research to contemporary Latin American dramaturgy. She translates both theater and novels from Spain and Latin America.
