Swiss art historian to lead European Writers’ Council

Nicole Pfister Fetz of Switzerland is the new Secretary General of the Brussels-based European Writer's Council (EWC), the organisation said on Wednesday. The Swiss art historian and experienced cultural lobbyist will represent the interests of more than 220,000 writers, who publish in 34 different languages. Born in 1968 in Zug, Pfister Fetz took up her new post at the beginning of July, the EWC said in a press release. She will be running the organisation alongside the newly elected president, Spanish author Miguel Ángel Serrano. “In times of upcoming generative Informatics as so-called AI, it becomes more important to defend writers and their human created contents,” the press release quotes her as saying. “I am ready to dedicate my passion and my political skills to serve and promote the needs and interests of European writers.” After working in museums, for independent cultural projects and further education programmes in the non-profit sector, Pfister Fetz was managing...