Leukerbad International Literary Festival – SINCE 1996
One thousand four hundred and eleven stories recounted at twenty-five hot springs under the open sky over the Gemmi along the waters of the Dala in Romance and Germanic languages, in Anglo-Saxon and Indo-European languages, in languages of the Orient and the Occident. On the bâteau ivre, words are cast in a coup de dés; they are heard, seen, and etched into the mountain face and above all appreciated by the audience:
Last name | First name | Country | Festival |
Achleitner | Friedrich | Austria | 2003 |
Adair | Gilbert | Great Britain | 2000 |
Adler | Laurent | Switzerland | |
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 |
Bánk | Zsuzsa | Hungary/Germany | 2006 |
Bärfuss | Lukas | Switzerland | 2008, 2013, 2015 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
Corobca | Liliana | Romania | 2014 |
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 |
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 |
Ganzfried | Daniel | Switzerland | |
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 |
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 |
Jones | Gail | Australia | 2014 |
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 |
Kleinknecht | Olivia | Germany | |
Klotz | Konrad | Switzerland | |
Kluge | Alexander | Germany | 2007 |
Kofler | Gerhard | Austria | |
Kofler | Werner | Austria | 2002, 2006, 2008 |
Köhler | Hartmut | Germany | 2002 |
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 | Jéròme | 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 |
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 |
Magnusson | Kristof | Germany | 2010 |
Maljartschuk | Tanja | Ukraine | 2013, 2014 |
Mannhart | Urs | Switzerland | 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
Rakusa | Ilma | Switzerland | 2004 |
Rampolokeng | Lesego | South Africa | 2000 |
Rauschenbach | Bernd | Germany | 2000 |
Redl | Harry | Canada | 2005 |
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 | |
Schuh | Franz | Austria | 2012 |
Schwartz | Daniel | Switzerland | 2009 |
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 |
Sillig | Olivier | Switzerland | |
Simic | Charles | USA | 2007 |
Simon | Christoph | Switzerland | 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 |
Sjón | Iceland | 2011 | |
Sorg | Reto | Switzerland | 2015 |
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 |
Uhly | Steven | Germany | 2015 |
Unigwe | Chika | Nigeria | 2012 |
Urech | Marie-Jeanne | Switzerland | 2008 |
Urweider | Raphael | Switzerland | 2006, 2014 |
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 |
Wells | Benedict | Germany | 2009 |
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 |