Our Offices & Partners Abroad

For detailed information please click on the offices and cultural centres below. For further information on the headquarters in Zurich please go to: www.prohelvetia.ch

Discipline: Literature

Studio Residency

Wagdy El Komy | Studio Residency

Wagdy El Komy started his professional career as a writer in 2008 when he published his first work “Very Cold During Night”. Since then he has published five novels and two books of short stories. His work has received considerable acclaims among the public and literary critics. His novel “Beat” won the prestigious “Arab Thought …

07.09.2020
Research Trip

Joël László | Research Trip

Joël László was born in Zürich in 1982 and lives in Basel, where he studied Middle Eastern Studies and History. He works as a writer, playwright and translator. For the Basel based Lenos publishing house, he is currently translating a novel from Arabic to German. His plays include «Lullaby for Baran» which won the audience …

01.06.2020