Mariann Buehler
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2026
Mariann Bühler is a Swiss author, literary mediator, and event organizer. Her debut novel "Verschiebung im Gestein" (Atlantis Literaturverlag) was nominated for the Swiss Book Award 2024 and awarded the Terra nova-Preis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung in 2025. For her literary work, she was awarded a grant from the Fachausschuss Literatur beider Basel (Literature Committee of Both Basels, 2018) and the Zentralschweizer Literaturförderung (Central Switzerland Literature Promotion, 2020).
In her work, she ist drawn to the almost-invisible ways people claim their own lives, to how thought, memory, and change move through bodies, rooms, and objects, and the gaps between what ist understood and what can be articulated. The interest in gaps also shapes her current project, exploring inheritance, expectation, and the quietly political nature of everyday life.
Mariann Bühler initiated and directed the Sofalesungen (Sofa Readings) project and worked, among others, for the Literaturhaus Zentralschweiz and the Literaturhaus Basel. She is co-editor of "Reihenweise. Veranstalten in der Freien Literaturszene" on organizing events in the independent literary scene (edition mosaik, 2022).
She studied English Literature and Linguistics, Islamic Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Basel and the Free University of Berlin, completing her degree (Lizentiat) in 2010.
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.
