Clo Duri Bezzola
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2000
Clo Duri Bezzola was a Swiss writer. Bezzola wrote plays, poems and novels, in both German and the Romansh idiom Vallader. He is best known for his novel Meanwhile (1996), One Soul, Two Languages (1997), and collection of poems The Stolen Blue – Il blau engulà (1998). He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation (1979), an award of recognition from the Canton of Graubünden (1996), an award from the Canton of Zürich (1998), and a literature prize from the UBS Jubilee Foundation (1999).
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
