The team

We are a dedicated team with a passion for literature. We appreciate your interest and are happy to accept your enquiries.
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Katrin Eckert
Director
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Katrin Eckert has been the director of the Literaturhaus Basel since 2008, and the managing director of the LiteraturBasel Association since 2012. From 2010 to 2021 she was also responsible for the International Literature Festival BuchBasel (since 2020 as co-director together with Marion Regenscheit). She studied German, history and literature in Zurich and Berlin. Among other things, she was programme director and managing director at Pendo Verlag. Prior to that she worked for literary agencies in London, and in editing and PR for various publishing houses.

Maria Marggraf
Production & Projects Literaturhaus Basel and Production Management Poetry Festival
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Maria Marggraf studied Hispanic, English and Latin American Studies in Berlin and Havana. In 2020 she completed a traineeship at Lenos Verlag in Basel. From 2021-2024, she was responsible for PR, digital communication and customer care at Literaturspur. From 2021-2024 she was in charge of the operations office and rentals at the Literaturhaus, since 2023 she has been production manager of the Basel International Poetry Festival and from 2025 she is responsible for production at the Literaturhaus. She writes poetry and lyrical prose, organises literary walks, gives lectures and hosts events.

Noemi Parisi
Communication
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Noemi Parisi studied visual communication and visual studies at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. Before that, she did a bachelor's degree in media and communication studies as well as theory and history of photography at the University of Zurich. She worked in the fields of communication, editing and in publishing at Cinébulletin, the factory newspaper of Rote Fabrik, the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, and at the non-fiction publisher Rüffer und Rub. Today, she moves at the interface between text and design. Since 2023 she has been working as a PR assistant at the Literaturhaus Basel.

Cornelia Meyer-Schwald
Administration Office, Rentals & Financial Management
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Cornelia Meyer-Schwald studied English, History, and Egyptology at the University of Basel and holds a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Cultural Management. Most recently, she worked at the University of Basel, overseeing auditorium management, and served as deputy centre manager at the Union Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum Basel from 2012 to 2020. In addition to her coordination and management roles, she has also worked as a city and museum guide. Starting in December 2024, she will be responsible for office management, rentals, and financial administration at the Literaturhaus.

Event support & technology

Silvan Bolliger
Francisco Bürgi
Oriana Fasciati
Juls Gassert
Jonathan Geppert
Giselle Gysel
Jules Hildebrand
Mira Pozzi
Julia Rüegger
Louis Rüegger
Andrin Uetz
Luise Weymarshausen