Saturday, December 7, 11am, reading by Nuria Manzur-Wirth Nuria Manzur-Wirth is a Swiss poet, translator, playwright, director and actress, born in Mexico City in 1979. With a doctorate in Human Sciences and a thesis on the poetic thought of Paul Celan, her research and artistic concerns have led her to explore a variety of disciplines and languages. Co-founder and artistic director of Cie Les Eaux Courantes, since 2019 she has co-created and produced several interdisciplinary projects with poetry at their core. She writes and publishes in several languages. Following the publication of her collection Esquilles (Vevey, Éditions de l’Aire, 2020), she is on the jury for the Prix de Poésie Pierrette Micheloud. Her latest collection, Peaux, was published by Éditions d’en Bas in Lausanne in September 2023. In film, she co-directs a documentary on the Prix de Lausanne with Alain Wirth, which can be seen on the RTS play Le Prix documentary section. Co-founder and active member of the Maison Suisse de la Poésie for the past three years, she heads its interdisciplinary pole and works on the development of its various activities alongside Xochitl Borel. Links : Portrait of the artist, by Alexandre Bugnon, commissioned by the cultural department of the City of Vevey: https://www.culturevevey.ch/nuria-manzur-wirth-poete/