On October 1, 2013, literary scholar, publicist and cultural manager Sibylle Birrer will take over as Head of the German Cultural Promotion Department at the Office of Culture of the Canton of Bern.
Sibylle Birrer succeeds Barbara den Brok, who left the Office of Culture at the beginning of 2013. As a former member of the cantonal German-language literature commission, she is very familiar with Bern's cultural scene, writes the canton. She lives with her family in Bern.
After studying German language and literature and history, the 42-year-old worked as a research assistant at the Swiss Literary Archives and at the same time trained as a cultural manager in Ludwigsburg (Germany). From 2002 to 2008, she managed the interdisciplinary cultural institution Forum Schlossplatz in Aarau.
