Translation seminar in Milan

17 -18 November, a translation seminar will be held at the University of Milan. Invited participants are Norwegian students from educational institutions in Italy. The topic is Norwegian children’s literature.
Author Marit Kaldhol will participate, and the students will work with texts from her book On a Staircase in the Universe (original title: På ei trapp i universet), which is illustrated by Susanna Kajermo.
The students will work in groups led by translators Eva Valvo and Maria Valeria D’Avino.

The seminar is organized in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Rome.

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Upcoming activities

June 1

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

Read about translation subsidy.

Read about production subsidy.

June 2-June 5

Lillehammer, Norway

Translators of Norwegian literature to Lillehammer

NORLA is looking forward to gathering ten translators of Norwegian literature in Lillehammer on June 2-5, as we do annually for the Norwegian Festival of Literature / Sigrid Undset Days.
This year’s festival- and program theme is Europe, and festival runs from June 1 through June 7.

The participants will also be meeting Agnes Ravatn, as well as having a translation workshop based on an excerpt from her novel Doggerland, which is among NORLA’s Selected Spring titles.

June 16-June 19

Oslo, Norway

Fellowship in Oslo (Non-fiction literature)

NORLA has the pleasure of inviting foreign publishers and editors of non-ficiton literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 16 – 19.