Leukerbad International Literary Festival – SINCE 1996
One thousand four hundred and eleven stories recounted at twenty-five hot spots under the open sky on top of the Gemmi along the waters of the Dala in Romance, Germanic, Anglo-Saxon and Indo-Germanic languages, in the languages of the Orient and the Occident. Words thrown like dice on the bâteau ivre, the coup de dés, heard and seen, etched into the cliff-face, and loved by all audiences:
| Last name | First name | Country | Festival |
| Accerboni | Laura | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Achleitner | Friedrich | Austria | 2003 |
| Adair | Gilbert | Great Britain | 2000 |
| Adler | Laurent | Switzerland | |
| Adonis | Vorname | Syria/Lebanon | 2016 |
| Aira | César | Argentina | 2016 – in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Zürich |
| Airen | Germany | 2010 – read by Deef Pirmasens | |
| Albus | Anita | Germany | 2008 |
| al-Tahawi | Miral | Egypt | 2003 |
| Altaras | Adriana | Germany | 2011 |
| Ališanka | Eugenijus | Lithuania | 2009 |
| Alleman | Urs | Switzerland | 2010 |
| Andruchowytsch | Juri | Ukraine | 2004, 2007 |
| Arjouni | Jakob | Germany | 2001 |
| Artmann | H.C. | Austria | 1996 |
| Aschenwald | Hans | Austria | 2004 |
| Augstburger | Urs | Switzerland | 2004, 2007 |
| Bachmann | Dieter | Switzerland | 2002 |
| Bäcker | Dirk | Germany | |
| Bahéchar | Souad | Morocco | 2003 |
| Baldwin | James | USA | 2011 – presented by Rolf Hermann |
| Bán | Zsófia | Hungary | 2016 |
| Bánk | Zsuzsa | Hungary/Germany | 2006 |
| Bärfuss | Lukas | Switzerland | 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
| Bartis | Attila | Hungary | 2006 |
| Bator | Joanna | Poland | 2014 |
| Bauer | Christoph W. | Austria | 2012, 2015 |
| Benoziglio | Jean-Luc | Switzerland | 2006 |
| Beqiri | Shaip | Albania | |
| Berg | Sibylle | Germany | |
| Berger | Clemens | Austria | 2013 |
| Beyer | Marcel | Germany | 2004, 2015 |
| Bichsel | Peter | Switzerland | 2003, 2012 |
| Bille | S. Corinna | Switzerland | 2015 – presented by Daniela Koch and Liliane Studer |
| Biller | Maxim | Germany | 2016 |
| Bischof | Alois | Switzerland | 2001 |
| Bitow | Andrej | Russia | 2009 |
| Bodrozic | Marica | Croatia | 2006 |
| Böhmer | Paulus | Germany | 2001 |
| Borchers | Elisabeth | Germany | 2003 |
| Borkovec | Petr | Czechia | 2004 |
| Brassinga | Anneke | Netherlands | 2015 |
| Bremer | Jan Peter | Germany | 2000 |
| Bros. | Zas. | Switzerland | |
| Bruhin | Anton | Switzerland | 2004 |
| Burnside | John | England | 2013 |
| Buti | Roland | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Caffari | Marie | Switzerland | |
| Camartin | Iso | Switzerland | 2001, 2009 |
| Camenisch | Arno | Switzerland | 2010, 2013 |
| Cantieni | Monica | Switzerland | |
| Capus | Alex | Switzerland | |
| Carmel | Anja | Switzerland | |
| Carson | Anne | Canada | 2016 |
| Castán | Carlos | Spain | 2001 |
| Cavelty | Gion Mathias | Switzerland | |
| Cheheltan | Amir Hassan | Iran | 2013 |
| Chirikure | Chirikure | Zimbabwe | 2012 |
| Christophersen | Jan | Germany | 2009 |
| Clausen | Martin | Switzerland | |
| Cohen | Ira | USA | 2005 |
| Cornuz | Odile | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Corobca | Liliana | Romania | 2014 |
| Ćosić | Bora | Serbia | 2016 |
| Cuneo | Anne | Switzerland | 2000, 2009 |
| Danieli | Enrico | Switzerland | 2001 |
| de Botton | Alain | Great Britain | 2002 |
| de Carlo | Andrea | Italy | 2010 |
| de Moor | Margriet | Netherlands | 2006 |
| de Roulet | Daniel | Switzerland | |
| Dean | Martin R. | Switzerland | |
| Dedovic | Dragoslav | Bosnia Herzegovina | |
| Deville | Patrick | France | 2007 |
| Dewulf | Jeroen | Belgium | 2001 |
| Dieterle | Bettina | Switzerland | 2002 |
| Diome | Fatou | Senegal | 2008 |
| Djebar | Assia | Algeria | 2001 |
| Djian | Philippe | France | 2005 |
| Dobelli | Rolf | Switzerland | 2010 |
| Dragoman | György | Hungary | 2009 |
| Drawert | Kurt | Germany | 2013 |
| Duve | Karen | Germany | 2003 |
| Egger | Oswald | Austria | |
| Erpenbeck | Jenny | Germany | 2005, 2008 |
| Faber | Katharina | Switzerland | 2002, 2005, 2008, 2014 |
| Fadanelli | Guillermo J. | Mexico | 2007 |
| Falkner | Gerhard | Germany | 2015 |
| Federman | Raymond | USA | 2005 |
| Feldman | Deborah | USA | 2016 |
| Ferrari | Jérôme | France | 2016 |
| Fian | Antonio | Austria | 2001, 2006, 2014 |
| Fioretos | Aris | Sweden/Germany | 2014 |
| Fischer | Christine | Switzerland | 2004 |
| Florescu | Catalin Dorian | Switzerland | 2001 |
| Flükiger | Isabelle | Switzerland | 2013 |
| Foer | Jonathan Safran | USA | 2013 |
| Franck | Katharina | Germany | 2002 |
| Franzobel | Austria | 2000 | |
| Freidig | Marianne | Germany | |
| Frey | Eleonore | Switzerland | |
| Gahse | Zsuzsanna | Hungary | 2006, 2016 |
| Ganzfried | Daniel | Switzerland | |
| Gauss | Karl-Markus | Austria | 2016 |
| Glantschnig | Helga | Austria | |
| Goetsch | Daniel | Switzerland | 2004, 2009 |
| Gomringer | Nora | Germany | 2007, 2013 |
| Graf | Roman | Switzerland | 2014 |
| Greenlaw | Lavinia | Great Britain | 2002 |
| Grjasnowa | Olga | Germany | 2012 |
| Gronius | Jörg W. | Germany | 2000 |
| Grossman | David | Israel | 2015 |
| Gruber | Sabine | Austria | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016 |
| Grünbein | Durs | Germany | 2001, 2007, 2014 |
| Grünberg | Arnon | Netherlands | 2005 |
| Gugić | Sandra | Austria | 2015 |
| Gustafsson | Lars | Sweden | 2005 |
| Gygax | Hans | Switzerland | 2003 |
| Haas | Wolf | Austria | 2001 |
| Habila | Helon | Nigeria | 2013 |
| Haddad | Fawwaz | Syria | 2015 |
| Hamilton-Paterson | James | Great Britain | |
| Händl | Klaus | Austria | 2014 |
| Hänny | Reto | Switzerland | 2006 |
| Haratischwili | Nino | Germany/Georgia | 2015 |
| Haskell | John | USA | 2007 |
| Haslinger | Josef | Austria | 2006 |
| Hass | Amira | Israel | 2003 |
| Hein | Christoph | Germany | 2007 |
| Heisl | Heinz D. | Austria | |
| Hell | Bodo | Austria | 2004, 2014 |
| Herbst | Alban Nikolai | Germany | |
| Hermann | Judith | Germany | 2004, 2009, 2015 |
| Hermann | Rolf | Switzerland | 2011 |
| Hettche | Thomas | Germany | 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015 |
| Hodjak | Franz | Germany | 2003 |
| Hofmann | Michael | Great Britain | 2002 |
| Hohler | Franz | Switzerland | 2012 |
| Hoppe | Felicitas | Germany | |
| Hotschnig | Alois | Austria | 2003, 2010 |
| Huonder | Silvio | Switzerland | |
| Hürlimann | Thomas | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Hvorecky | Michal | Slovakia | 2003 |
| Imhasly | Pierre | Switzerland | 2002, 2005, 2015 |
| Ivanov | Petra | Switzerland | 2005 |
| Jäckle | Nina | Germany | 2004 |
| Janesch | Sabrina | Germany | 2011 |
| Jaschke | Gerhard | Austria | 2000 |
| Jerofejew | Viktor | Russia | 2016 |
| Jones | Gail | Australia | 2014 |
| Jones | Lloyd | New Zealand | 2016 |
| Jonke | Gert | Austria | 2002, 2005 |
| Jörimann | Albert | Switzerland | |
| Jula | Rudolph | Switzerland | |
| Jurjew | Oleg | Germany | 2011, 2012 |
| Kandasamy | Meena | India | 2015 |
| Kapielski | Thomas | Germany | 2000, 2014, 2015 |
| Karasholi | Adel | Syria | 2005 |
| Karl | FX | Germany | 2003 |
| Kässens | Wend | Germany | |
| Kaygusuz | Sema | Turkey | 2014 |
| Kemény | István | Hungary | 2011 |
| Kempker | Birgit | Germany | |
| Kenessey | Anne-Marie | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Kennedy | A.L. | Great Britain | 2002 |
| Kermani | Navid | Germany | 2012, 2014 |
| Kerschbaumer | Marie-Thérèse | Austria | 2000 |
| Kettenbach | Hans Werner | Germany | 2004 |
| Kim | Anna | Austria | 2009 |
| Kinsky | Esther | Germany | 2014 |
| Kissina | Julia | Ukraine | 2016 |
| Kleinknecht | Olivia | Germany | |
| Klotz | Konrad | Switzerland | |
| Kluge | Alexander | Germany | 2007 |
| Kofler | Gerhard | Austria | |
| Kofler | Werner | Austria | 2002, 2006, 2008 |
| Köhler | Hartmut | Germany | 2002 |
| Köhler | Barbara | Germany | 2016 |
| Komarek | Alfred | Austria | 2002 |
| Kramer | Pascale | Switzerland | 2003, 2009, 2014 |
| Krasznahorkai | László | Hungary | 2008, 2010 |
| Krauss | Nicole | USA | 2012, 2013 |
| Kreidl | Margret | Austria | 2005 |
| Kretzen | Friederike | Germany | 2000 |
| Krog | Antjie | South Africa | 2013 |
| Krüger | Michael | Germany | 2013 |
| Kugler | Lena | Germany | 2001 |
| Kurkow | Andrej | Ukraine | 2001, 2008 |
| Kushner | Stephen | USA | 2005 |
| Laederach | Jürg | Switzerland | 2007, 2012 |
| Lafargue | Jérňme | France | 2010 |
| Lange | Hartmut | Germany | 2013 |
| Lange-Müller | Katja | Germany | 2011, 2013 |
| Lanthaler | Kurt | Austria | 2000 |
| Lappert | Rolf | Switzerland | 2010 |
| Layaz | Michel | Switzerland | 2014 |
| Le Tellier | Hervé | France | 2012 |
| Lehmann | Barbara | Germany | 2015 |
| Lendle | Jo | Germany | 2013 |
| Lentz | Michael | Germany | 2010 |
| Lenz | Pedro | Switzerland | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2016 |
| Leutenegger | Gertrud | Switzerland | 2013 |
| Lewitscharoff | Sibylle | Germany | 2003, 2009, 2012 |
| Lichtenfeld | Monika | Germany | 2008 |
| Lier | Johanna | Switzerland | 2000 |
| Liessmann | Konrad Paul | Austria | 2015 |
| Lispector | Clarice | Brasil | 2014 – presented by Katharina Faber and Benjamin Moser |
| Lleshanaku | Luljeta | Albania | 2013 |
| Loetscher | Hugo | Switzerland | 2001, (2009) |
| Loup | Douna | Switzerland | 2012 |
| Lüscher | Jonas | Switzerland | 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| Magnusson | Kristof | Germany | 2010 |
| Maljartschuk | Tanja | Ukraine | 2013, 2014 |
| Mannhart | Urs | Switzerland | 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Manz | Hans | Switzerland | 2000 |
| Marani | Diego | Italy | |
| Maret | Julien | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Marewski | Nina Maria | Germany/Switzerland | 2011 |
| Marouane | Leïla | Algeria | 2001 |
| Maroufi | Abbas | Iran | 2001 |
| Martynova | Olga | Russia | 2011 |
| Mattes | Eva | Germany | 2012 |
| McCann | Colum | USA | 2007 |
| McCarten | Anthony | New Zealand | 2012 |
| Meddeb | Abdelwahab | Tunisia | 2003 |
| Meier | Helen | Switzerland | 2000 |
| Menasse | Robert | Austria | 2007 |
| Mengiste | Maaza | Ethiopia/USA | 2014 |
| Merz | Klaus | Switzerland | 2002, 2005 |
| Mettler | Michel | Switzerland | 2007 |
| Michon | Pierre | France | 2008 |
| Micieli | Francesco | Switzerland | 2011 |
| Mingels | Annette | Switzerland | 2007 |
| Mishra | Pankaj | India | 2016 |
| Mohamed | Nadifa | Somalia/England | 2014 |
| Monioudis | Perikles | Switzerland | 2004 |
| Monnerat | Roger | Switzerland | 2000, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2013 |
| Mora | Terézia | Germany | 2000, 2005, 2009, 2014 |
| Mort | Valžhyna | Belarus | 2011 |
| Mosebach | Martin | Germany | 2002 |
| Moser | Benjamin | Netherlands/USA | 2014 |
| Moser | Milena | Switzerland | 2010 |
| Muggenthaler | Johannes | Germany | 2005 |
| Müller | Herta | Germany | 2004, 2009 |
| Münzner | Andreas | Switzerland | 2002 |
| Muschg | Adolf | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Myftiu | Bessa | Albania | 2010 |
| Nádas | Péter | Hungary | 2008 |
| Nadj Abonji | Melinda | Switzerland | 2011 |
| Naudé | Charl-Pierre | South Africa | 2014 |
| Ndiaye | Marie | France | 2008 |
| Neumann | Kurt | Austria | |
| Niedermann | Andreas | Switzerland | |
| Nizon | Paul | Switzerland | |
| Oliver | José | Germany | 2001, 2007 |
| Olmi | Véronique | France | 2008 |
| Oskamp | Katja | Germany | 2008, 2015 |
| Pajak | Frédéric | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Palmen | Connie | Netherlands | 2013 |
| Paris | Heidi | Germany | |
| Pastior | Oskar | Germany | 2003 |
| Peltzer | Ulrich | Germany | 2008 |
| Pepys | Samuel | Great Britain | 2011 – read by Gerd Haffmans and Monika Schärer |
| Perren | Ernesto | Switzerland | |
| Pfammatter | Christine | Switzerland | 2009 |
| Pock | Rosa | Austria | 2015 |
| Poschenrieder | Christoph | Germany | 2010 |
| Preiwuß | Kerstin | Germany | 2012 |
| QRT | Germany | 2000 | |
| Rajčić | Dragica | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Rakha | Youssef | Egypt | 2016 |
| Rakusa | Ilma | Switzerland | 2004 |
| Rampolokeng | Lesego | South Africa | 2000 |
| Rauschenbach | Bernd | Germany | 2000 |
| Redl | Harry | Canada | 2005 |
| Reemtsma | Jan Philipp | Germany | 2016 |
| Regener | Sven | Germany | 2002 |
| Reichen | Roland | Switzerland | 2006 |
| Reitzer | Angelika | Austria | 2010 |
| Richner | Karin | Switzerland | 2006 |
| Riedle | Gabriele | Germany | 2006 |
| Rifka | Fuad | Syria | 2005 |
| Rinck | Monika | Germany | 2007 |
| Ritte (OULIPO) | Jürgen | France | 2011, 2012, 2015 |
| Roes | Michael | Germany | 2002 |
| Rossbacher | Verena | Austria | 2009 |
| Rötzer | Andreas | Germany | 2015 |
| Rozier | Gilles | France | 2004 |
| Rühm | Gerhard | Germany | 2008 |
| Rushdie | Salman | England/India | 2013 |
| Ryser | Simona | Switzerland | 2008 |
| Ryser | Werner | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Sabuschko | Oksana | Ukraine | 2007, 2011 |
| Salamun | Tomaz | Slovenia | 2005 |
| Sartorius | Joachim | Germany | 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015 |
| Schaad | Isolde | Switzerland | 2006 |
| Schalansky | Judith | Germany | 2010 |
| Schätzing | Frank | Germany | 2004 |
| Scherer | Marie-Luise | Germany | 2013 |
| Schindel | Robert | Austria | 2003, 2012, 2013 |
| Schischkin | Michail | Russia | 2011 |
| Schmatz | Ferdinand | Austria | 2004 |
| Schmidt | Aurel | Germany | |
| Schmidt | Jochen | Germany | 2009 |
| Schneider | Gesa | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Schneider | Hansjörg | Switzerland | 2005 |
| Schnetzler | Kaspar | Switzerland | 2003 |
| Schnider | Kristin T. | Switzerland | |
| Scholz | Leander | Germany | 2001 |
| Schrott | Raoul | Austria | 2016 |
| Schuh | Franz | Austria | 2012 |
| Schwartz | Daniel | Switzerland | 2009, 2016 |
| Schweikert | Ruth | Germany | 2002 |
| Schwitter | Monique | Austria | 2007, 2012 |
| Senser | Armin | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Setz | Clemens J. | Austria | 2011 |
| Shalev | Zeruya | Israel | 2008 |
| Shoukry | Girgis | Egypt | 2006, 2012 |
| Siegfried | Anita | Switzerland | 2001, 2016 |
| Sillig | Olivier | Switzerland | |
| Simic | Charles | USA | 2007 |
| Simon | Christoph | Switzerland | 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 |
| Sjón | Iceland | 2011 | |
| Sorg | Reto | Switzerland | 2015 |
| Sorokin | Vladimir | Russia | 2016 |
| St. Aubyn | Edward | England | 2012 |
| Stadler | Arnold | Germany | 2007 |
| Stamm | Peter | Switzerland | 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015 |
| Stanišic | Saša | Ukraine | 2007, 2014 |
| Stasiuk | Andrzej | Poland | 2004 |
| Stassi | Fabio | Italy | 2010 |
| Šteger | Aleš | Slovenia | 2009 |
| Steiger | Bruno | Switzerland | 2002, 2006 |
| Steiner | Jörg | Switzerland | 2008 |
| Steiner | Jens | Switzerland | 2014 |
| Steinfest | Heinrich | Austria | 2015 |
| Sulzer | Alain Claude | Switzerland | 2000 |
| Suter | Martin | Switzerland | 2000, 2005 |
| Sznajderman | Monika | Poland | |
| Tawada | Yoko | Germany | 2003 |
| Theler | Hubert | Switzerland | |
| Theweleit | Klaus | Germany | 2015 |
| Tokarczuk | Olga | Poland | 2003, 2006 |
| Tóth | Krisztina | Hungary | 2008 |
| Trojanow | Ilja | Bulgaria | 2002, 2006, 2012 |
| Tyradellis | Daniel | Germany | |
| Uetz | Christian | Switzerland | 2005, 2011, 2015 |
| Ugrešić | Dubravka | Croatia | 2016 |
| Uhly | Steven | Germany | 2015 |
| Ulrich | Ulrike | Switzerland | 2016 |
| Unigwe | Chika | Nigeria | 2012 |
| Urech | Marie-Jeanne | Switzerland | 2008 |
| Urweider | Raphael | Switzerland | 2006, 2014 |
| Utler | Anja | Germany | 2016 |
| Van Reybrouck | David | Belgium | 2013 |
| Vanderbeke | Birgit | Germany | 2001 |
| Veteranyi | Aglaja | Switzerland | 2000 |
| Vetsch | Florian | Switzerland | 2005, 2012 |
| Vogel | Helmut | Switzerland | |
| Vogl | Joseph | Germany | 2015 |
| von Düffel | John | Germany | 2003 |
| Vorpsi | Ornela | Albania | 2010 |
| Wagner | Malika | France | |
| Wajsbrot | Cécile | France | 2008 |
| Walker | Martin | Great Britain | 2011 |
| Walser | Alissa | Germany | 2010 |
| Wandeler-Deck | Elisabeth | Switzerland | |
| Waterhouse | Peter | Germany | 2008 |
| Wawerzinek | Peter | Germany | 2004 |
| Weber | Anne | Germany | 2003, 2008 |
| Weber | Peter | Switzerland | 2003, 2006 |
| Wehrli | Peter K. | Switzerland | 2002, 2005 |
| Weidenholzer | Anna | Austria | 2011 |
| Weinberger | Eliot | USA | 2016 |
| Wells | Benedict | Germany | 2009, 2016 |
| Wen-Zhing Wang | Sabine | Switzerland | |
| Wetzel | Maike | Germany | 2000 |
| Wichner | Ernest | Germany | 2011, 2014 |
| Widmer | Urs | Switzerland | |
| Willi | Jean | Switzerland | |
| Winkler | Andrea | Austria | 2009 |
| Wittenborn | Dirk | USA | 2004 |
| Wondratschek | Wolf | Germany | 2003 |
| Wray | John | USA | 2009 |
| Yiwu | Liao | China | 2012 |
| Zagajewski | Adam | Poland | 2005 |
| Zeindler | Peter | Switzerland | |
| Zhadan | Serhij | Ukraine | 2010, 2015 |
| Zilahy | Péter | Hungary | 2004 |
| Zumoberhaus | Otto | Switzerland | 2010 |
| Züst | Walter | Switzerland | 2002 |
| Zwicky | Dieter | Switzerland | 2002 |