Jury - Luxembourg
Pit Hoerold
*1954
author, founder of the Prix Laurence
Vesna Andonovic
Vesna Andonovic studied culture and communication at Nancy II University and then specialised in film history at the “Institut européen du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel” of Nancy II University.
Vesna Andonovic began her professional career as a teaching assistant at the “Lycée technique du Centre”, then founded a communication agency. Since 2005, Vesna Andonovic is working as a cultural journalist and writes reviews, critiques, glosses, reportages, editorials or interviews mainly in the fields of film, theatre, music, literature, society and culture.
Vesna Andonovic is also involved in the film industry. She has been a member of the jury of the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis since 2012 and is currently a member of the Film Academy, which determines the annual film prize in Luxembourg. She is also a member of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication.
In 2013, Vesna Andonovic published her first short story as an author under the title “Zëmmer Nummer fënnef”.
Jérôme Jaminet
Jérôme Jaminet, born in 1979 in Luxembourg City, is a teacher, author, and literary critic. He studied philosophy and German literature at the University of Trier and currently teaches German and philosophy at Lycée Michel Lucius, literature didactics at the IFEN, as well as literary criticism at the University of Luxembourg. He is vice president of the Luxembourg Association of Germanists (LGV) and of the reading promotion association Freed um Liesen. As a literary critic, he works, among others, for RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, SWR2, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag. In 2021, he published the short prose collection Ein Wort in Esels Ohr (Capybarabooks).
Christiane Kremer
Christiane Kremer is a journalist and was responsible for culture at RTL until her retirement in 2023. As an author, she writes cabaret texts, plays, short stories and children’s books. For the children’s book « So mol, Lobo! » (with Vincent Biwer) she was awarded with the Luxembourg Book Prize in 2019. She co-founded the publishing house « Kremart Edition » in 2013. Her debut novel « De Bicherbus » was published in 2020.
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Thomas Schoos
Thomas Schoos, born in Luxembourg in 1981, studied social sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin, then political sciences at the Free University of Berlin, followed by a Master’s degree in Cultural Journalism at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Schoos worked as PR manager, as content strategist, as editor-in-chief, as a storytelling coach at TEDxLuxembourgCity and was head of communications at the Luxembourg research institute LIST. In February 2020, he moved to the Ministry of the Environment as Conseiller de gouvernement.
Since 2005, Thomas Schoos has written as a freelance author for various media, including Tageblatt, zitty Berlin, Berliner Zeitung, RBB/ARD television, Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 2008, his essay An die große Erzählerin won the Cicero University Essay Prize. As an editor, he has been responsible for various publications, including Luxembourg Moderne (2012), E Maufel Lëtzebuerg (2015) and the Guide Auto-Pédestre (2016).
Thomas Schoos writes children’s books. He published his first book « Pelle Svensson and the Republic of Animals » in 2011 and in 2017 « Wooow!!! ».
Antoine Pohu
Antoine Pohu studied history and philosophy, before doing a Master’s in Theatre Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
In 2018, he received the Prix Laurence for the short story Le Masque. After publishing different short stories in Les Cahiers luxembourgeois and other collectif publications. Antoine Pohu is the author of two novels, La Quête (Op der Lay, 2020) and Parfois la nuit se tait (Capybarabooks, 2023), both nominated at the luxemburgish book prize, and Après nos désirs (Capybarabooks, 2025), as well as of the short political text Nous sommes celleux qui marchent dans la ville (Capybarabooks, 2023).
Currently living between Luxembourg and Brussels, he focuses on his writing and different theatre projects. In 2025 he won the Nowuestalent prize at the Bühnepräisser for his texts of Pandora (Mierscher Theater, 2025), a concert-reading with jazz-pianist Arthur Possing, and Spring Awakenings (Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, 2025), a play directed by Anne Simon.
Sabrina Notka
Sabrina Notka was born in Dortmund (Germany) in 1986. She studied literature and political science and then completed a journalistic traineeship at the « Institut zur Förderung des publizistischen Nachwuchses » in Munich.
At the same time, she worked for various newspapers, radio and television stations. In 2011, she began working as an editor at the communication agency binsfeld and the publishing house éditions guy binsfeld. Today, as content director, she heads the editorial department.
In 2014, her first independent publication « Unter Büchern » (Among books) appeared, which was awarded the special jury prize at the Lëtzebuerger Buchpräis. She also accompanied the creation of a wide range of literary, non-fiction and corporate books.
Nicolas Calmes
Two things were key in the development of Nicolas Calmes and his poetry: video games and skateboarding.
Young Nicolas explored many virtual worlds and one of them was Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. The game introduced him to skateboarding, which changed his life. Besides redefining his sense of self and the way he looks at his environment, skateboarding culture introduced him to punk rock and hip hop. Both influence his writing. His poems are written to a rap beat and characterized by the brutal honesty and inherent criticism of punk mentality.
The Prix Laurence was his foray into the literature scene. His poems got him second place in 2016, and first place and the Prix du Public in 2017. This in turn got him involved in poetry slam. He became national champion in 2022, made it to the finals at the European Poetry Slam Championship and represented Luxembourg at the World Poetry Slam Championship in 2023.
Publisher-shy, he sells DIY-printed versions of his work-in-progress poetry collection out of the trunk of his car.
He studied English at the University of Luxembourg and Arts & Culture at Maastricht University. He freelances for culture dot lu and Radio 100,7.
Jury - Portugal
Anabela Moura Fernandes
Anabela Moura Fernandes has been a teacher at Valpaços High School since 1998. Currently, she is the head of the Portuguese Language School Department. She has a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures – Portuguese Studies – from the University of Porto. She obtained a Master’s degree in Education Sciences at the University « Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro » in 2010.
Isabel Ricardo
Isabel Ricardo is a teacher of Portuguese and French in “Agrupamento de Escolas de Valpaços” school. She was born in France where she studied until she got in the “Paris IV Sorbonne” university, In 1991 she got her diploma (DEUG- Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Générales) in Languages and foreign civilisations, namely in Portuguese. Then, she came to Portugal where she took a degree as a teacher of Portuguese and French in the “Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro”university in 1997. In 2012 she took a postgraduate degree in Science of Education, with an expertise in Communication and Educational Technology.
Eliane Maria Fernandes
Eliane Maria Fernandes is a teacher in Valpaços Secondary School since 2009. She graduated in Modern Languages and Literatures- French and English Studies- in 1993, in the University of Coimbra. Currently she is the person in charge of the School Department of Foreign Languages.
Paulo Castro
Senior technician in the Culture Department of Valpaços Municipality, Paulo Castro is currently working in the town library, and participating in the organisation of various events in the county.
He graduated in Portuguese and English teaching as well as in Communication and Science Marketing, with a specialization in Marketing.
Jury - Italy
Rosalba Bruni Lahey
Nata a Subbiano (AR), attualmente residente a Codroipo (UD), e isegnante in pensione, si è lauata in Materie Lettrarie presso l’ Università Statale di Gernova nel 1978, con 103 /110.
Abilitata, dal 1979 ha insegnato in diverse scuole del Friuli Venezia Giulia, dal 1996 al 2005, ha insegnato, in qualità di docente di ruolo, presso la Scuola Media Statale G.Bianchi di Codroipo.
Attualmente, oltre a far parte del direttivo del Caffè Letterarrio Codroipese, si occupa, come referente, del Progetto Martina per le Scuole Superiori e del Progetto Lions Quest per le Scuole di Grado Inferiore di Codroipo per il Lions Club Medio Tagliamento.
Eddi Bazzaro
Laureato in Ingegneria all’Università degli Studi di Trieste.
Insegnante presso l’Istituto Tecnico Industriale « J.F.Kennedy » di Pordenone.
Libero Professionista con Studio in Codroipo.
Vice-Presidente del Caffè Letterario Codroipese
Gaetana Gemo
Dopo le scuole d’obbligo, ho conseguito il diploma Magistrale all’Istituto Caterina Percoto di Udine.
Successivamente, mi sono specializzata nell’insegnamento per bambini con difficoltà di apprendimento.
Ho poi cambiato “mestiere” e mi sono dedicata al settore commerciale dove ho operato per il resto della mia vita lavorativa fino al raggiungimento della dolce pensione.
Ora faccio parte del Direttivo del Caffè Letterario Codroipese con cui collaboro attivamente.
Luisa Venuti
Diplomata Istituto Magistrale “Educandato Uccellis” di Udine.
Insegnante presso Suola a Tempo Pieno di Flaibano.
Presidente del Caffè Letterario Codroipese.
Pizzale Fioravante
Titolo di studio Perito Industriale
Curricola Esperienze lavorative con mansioni di attività Commerciali dal 1991
Titolare di Scuola Guida per patenti di categoria superiori
Commissario e selettore di oltre 500 autisti di autobus per la ATAP di Pordenone
Attualmente Consulente per la Circolazione dei mezzi di trasporto.