Laureate of the Alimentarium short story competition Writing about food disgust
A journalist by profession and a diarist since childhood, Emmanuelle Ryser compiles diaries, travel diaries and notebooks of all kinds. Since 2013, she has been offering life stories and writing workshops under the banner E comme Ecriture. Her watchwords are ‘leaving a written record’ and ‘conveying’. In 2020, she published her first novel, Le Cake au citron.
After studying political science, Hannah Schlaepfer developed a penchant for magazine and audiovisual media. She is always willing to debate politics, fashion or even sport!
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.
Yunlong Song was born in Yantai, P. R. China. He studied Arabic, international relations and journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Later he got his M.A. in film from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Since 2008, he has been involved in many Swiss university exchange programmes, and worked for intercultural workshops and arts projects.
