Every other year the Literaturhaus in Hamburg offers Nordic Literature Days, and since the start in 1986 the festival has presented an impressive list of Nordic authors. This year, Norwegian author Tomas Espedal will officially open the 15th event.
Moday 23 November, 20:30
Tomas Espedal will be reading from his novel Imot kunsten/Agains Art and the event is moderated by Uwe Englert. The German text Wider die Kunst will be read by Helmut Mosshammer.
The novel is translated from the Norwegian by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel and published by Matthes & Seitz through translation subsidy from NORLA.
Venue: Literaturhaus Hamburg
Tickets: € 12,– / 8,–
Read more about the event here.
More about the novel Against Art here.
Read more about the Nordic Literature Days here
http://www.norwegen.no/News_and_events/culture/Literatur/Espedal-eroffnet-Nordische-Literaturtage-Hamburg/#.VjM7sLl0zcs.
And see the full program here.
NORLA will be at The Nordic Common Stand at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. You’ll find us in Hall 3.1, stand B70.
The stand will also feature a new catalogue presenting a selection of new books from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland available in German translation.
Nordic Reception: Thursday, 8 October, 17:00–18:30 at The Nordic Stand.
In collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, NORLA is hosting a special industry event highlighting contemporary Norwegian children’s and young adult literature on November 5.
The event will take place at the Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence.
Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Oliver Lovrenski, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.
During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.
The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.