Prof. Eivind Tjønneland, University of Bergen will be giving two lectures on Knut Hamsun at the Babes-Bolay University in Cluj.
Thursday 19 November, 16.00:
Lecture by Prof. Eivind Tjønneland, University of Bergen:
“Knut Hamsun’s new psychological manifesto 1890-91 and its intellectual contexts”.
Special guest: H.E. Mrs. Tove Bruvik Westberg, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Bucharest.
Venue:
Babes-Bolay University
Sala Club
A Colegiului Academic
Emm. de Martonne nr 1
Cluj
Free entry.
Friday 20 November, 12.00
Lecture (in Norwegian) by Prof. Eivind Tjønneland, University of Bergen:
“Knut Hamsuns “Sult” og programmet for en ny psykologisk litteratur".
Sted:
Babes-Bolay Universitetet
Facultatea e Litere
Sala Blaga
Cluj
Read more about both lectures here.
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.
NORLA will take part in this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair with its own stand.
The fair will also feature the illustration exhibition first presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring 2026, when Norway was Guest of Honour. This brings the initiative showcasing Norwegian children’s and young adult literature and illustration to a new international audience.