From June 2 to June 29, 2026
Sébastien Berlendis (France) Fiction
Sébastien Berlendis is an artist and author working in the fields of writing and visual art. Since 2013, with the release of his first book, *Une dernière fois la nuit* (Stock), up to his most recent, *24 fois l’Amérique* (published in March by Actes Sud), he has published eight books. He films the spaces, landscapes, and people dear to him. Three short films have been made: *Vercors* in 2021, *La mer est de cendre* in 2024, and *Par où commence l’océan* in 2026, each of which has been making the festival circuit. His photographic work is regularly exhibited. In addition, he has taught philosophy in high school with great enthusiasm.
Salomé Kiner (Switzerland) Fiction
Salomé Kiner is a novelist and journalist. She is the author of Grande couronne (Christian Bourgois, 2021; Le Livre de poche, 2023) and contributed to the collective novel Le Retour du Roi Djibril (Ed. Iconoclaste, 2025). She regularly works with photographers and visual artists. She received the Prize Prix de la Relève from the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture in 2022.
This residency is supported by the State of Vaud
Nicolas Richard (France) Translation, fiction
GILBERT MUSY CTL / UNIL PROGRAM
Nicolas Richard has translated more than 130 English-language books into French, including works by Richard Brautigan, Thomas Pynchon, Miranda July, Woody Allen, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Valeria Luiselli, Herna Diaz, and Quentin Tarantino. He received the Maurice-Edgar-Coindreau Prize in 2013 for his translation of Russell Hoban's novel Enig Marcheur (published by Monsieur Toussaint Louverture). He is the author of an essay on his experience as a translator: Par instants, le sol penche bizarrement (Robert Laffont, 2021). He has published several works of fiction, including La dissipation (Inculte, 2018), La chanteuse aux trois maris (Inculte, 2024), and Gunks, chronique du temps insouciant (Arthaud 2025). Together with musician Rubin Steiner, he is preparing a musical lecture entitled “Fernando Pessoa, traducteur, poète, farceur” (Fernando Pessoa, translator, poet, prankster).
Mark Sarvas (USA) Fiction
Mark Sarvas is the American Book Award-winning author of the novels MEMENTO PARK (FSG, 2018) HARRY, REVISED (Bloomsbury, 2008) and @UGMAN (ITNA Press, 2025). He was a finalist for the prestigious Sami Rohr Prize and won the 2019 AJL Fiction Award. His debut novel, HARRY, REVISED, was published in more than a dozen countries around the world. He has been awarded fellowships from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Dora Maar Cultural Center, and the Hawthornden Foundation.
The winner will be announced shortly (Ireland) Fiction
This residency is supported by Literature Ireland
