Marlise
Schläpfer Heilmann
Oberentfelden
Laureate of the Alimentarium short story competition
Writing about food disgust
Marlise Schläpfer Heilmann grew up in eastern Switzerland. After time spent in various parts of Switzerland and Germany, she settled in Aargau, the home of her maternal ancestors. She has been writing letters and diaries ever since she learned how to write and now, since she retired, columns, short stories and autobiographical passages too. This is the first time she has entered a writing competition.