Regina Dürig and Laura Vogt
Photo: Anja Fonseka
Regina Dürig (1982) is an author, performer and lecturer/mentor for literary writing at the University of the Arts Bern. She has published radio plays, children’s books, young adult novels and, most recently, the novella ‘Federn lassen’ with Droschl. Her lyrics often revolve around moments of speechlessness and explore the question of how we want to live together. Collaborations with other disciplines are an important part of her artistic practice, for example, the Stories & Sounds duo ‘Butterland’ with the musician Christian Müller and the artist duo Dürig/Bach with Patrizia Bach. Regina Dürig has received numerous awards for her work, including the Peter Härtling Prize and the Canton of Bern Literature Prize. Her books were shortlisted for the German Children’s and Youth Literature Prize and the Swiss Children’s and Youth Media Prize.
Photo: Ayse Yavas
Laura Vogt, *1989, has published two novels (‘So einfach war es also zu gehen’ and ‘Was uns betrifft’) as well as numerous texts in anthologies, newspapers and magazines. In addition to prose, she writes lyrical, dramatic and journalistic texts and works as a written interpreter and mentor. Together with author Karsten Redmann, she has been running textkiosk.ch since 2021. She is currently writing her third novel under the working title ‘The Lying Woman’ and a libretto for a choir. She lives with her family in eastern Switzerland.
Project
Romi decides to enter into a polyamorous relationship and has to redefine herself as a mother, wife and daughter. Sibylla, on the other hand, dreams of getting rid of her uterus so that she can go extinct in peace. When her friend Nora suddenly stops all communication, the force of convention comes crashing down on the two of them. In her third novel project with the working title ‘Die liegende Frau’, Laura Vogt uses three female protagonists to pose the question of what ‘the family’ is. And what are ‘the woman’, ‘the man’, ‘the mother’, ‘the father’ in today’s world? What is meant by ‘love’? To what extent can individuals succeed in setting themselves apart from social norms? And what does all this have to do with the family you grew up in? The narratives from the respective first-person perspective enable directness and urgency; the changing text forms (e.g. dialogue, diary) also allow different approaches. In the Double mentoring session, the text will be critically reconsidered and further developed.
