Literaturfestival Zürich
literaturfestival zürich alternative spelling zürich literature festival formerly openair literatur festival zürich annual weeklong international literary festival zürich enjoys reputation one best literary festival world main stage festival located midst sprawling nature old botanical garden zürich festival jointly presented literaturhaus zürich kaufleuten two major institution literary event zürich founder director festival swiss conceptual artist curator andreas heusser curating program together management team kaufleuten literaturhaus zurich main program festival consists premiere performance reading international author many worldfamous writer appeared festival recent year including john coetzee zadie smith bernardine evaristo david grossman julian barnes roxane gay john cleese leïla slimani junot díaz connie palmen david mitchell rebecca solnit john banville tsitsi dangarembga marlon james xiaolu guo peter sloterdijk deborah levy hua hsu helen macdonald teju cole deborah feldman format word stage best spoken word also established permanent feature program closing event festival part festival curatorial signature interdisciplinary approach reading often thematically linked project genre eg poetic installation interactive radio play scenic reading singersongwriter concert silent film screening interdisciplinary performance intersection text dance theater interaction nature scenographic design aim create poetic overall experience involves sens festival often called switzerland beautiful literary festival official website website literaturhaus zürich website kaufleuten website andreas heusser