Nordic Literature Festival in Moscow

The highly reputed magazine Inostrannaja Literatura (International Literature) is publishing a special issue focussing on Nordic literature, and to mark the occasion, a mini-festival will take place featuring Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Danish writers.

Roskva Koritzinsky and Mikkel Bugge from Norway, who have both had translated texts published in Inostrannaja Literatura, will be attending from Norway. Participants from the other Nordic countries will include Stina Stoor, Maria Zennstrom, Khashayar Naderehvandi, Gunnar Ardelius and Sjon. There will be a range of events on both days at several locations in Moscow.

See the complete festival programme (in Russian and Norwegian) here.

Visit the magazine’s website.

Upcoming activities

April 14-April 21

Easter Holidays in NORLA

Our office is closed for the Easter holidays as of Monday, April 14. We will be back on Tuesday, April 22.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

April 23-April 26

Oslo, Norway

Seminar for aspiring translators of Norwegian literature

NORLA aims to recruit more translators of Norwegian Literature. We look forward to welcoming interested participants to take part in our seminar for new translators, which will be held in Oslo from April 23-26, 2025.

May 1

Deadline: Nominate candidates for NORLA’s Translator's Award 2025

NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2025 award will be given to a translator of fiction.

We would very much like to hear from you about deserving candidates!