Pierre Fankhauser
From 1 June to 29 June 2022

Born in Lausanne in 1975, the Swiss writer and translator Pierre Fankhauser earned a degree in literature and the social sciences. He worked for several years as a teacher and cultural journalist at L’Hebdo,before settling in Buenos Aires to write for what would be a seven-year stint. He has published two novels at BSN Press, Sirius (2014) and Bergstamm (2019) on the real-life figure of his fellow Swiss writer Jacques Chessex. Fankhauser’s poetry collection La visée was awarded the 2018 Prix Tirage limité. He is also the host of literary events for Tulalu !?, publishes the review Arkhaï, and teaches at the Institut littéraire suisse of Biel/Bienne.