Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for non-fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 November.
November 22-November 24
Paris, France
Norwegian Literature at the Musée d’Orsay
On Friday, November 22, Margit Walsø and Andrine Pollen will introduce NORLA, along with Norwegian literature and the publishing industry, to Scandinavian Studies students at the Sorbonne University. Students will also meet authors Katrine Nedrejord and Lars Saabye Christensen, who will present themselves and their literary works. Katrine Nedrejord’s book The Sami Problem (original title: Sameproblemet ) will feature in a workshop on translation.
On Saturday, November 23, Marta Breen will deliver a lecture titled Women’s Place, followed by a discussion on ecology and minorities, between Kathrine Nedrejord and translator Marianne Ségol-Samoy, who has translated works by Nedrejord and also Jon Fosse into French.
Marianne Ségol-Samoy will also join a conversation with Gabriel Dufay, an actor, director, and Jon Fosse enthusiast, about the Nobel Prizes in Literature.
This autumn, the Musée d’Orsay is presenting a major Harriet Backer exhibition, which also includes a special Norwegian literary and cultural program. See the full program here. The Backer exhibition will be open until January 12.
Upcoming activities
November 25
November 26-December 4
Guadalajara, Mexico
NORLA and Norwegian participants to Mexico
From December 1-4, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Mexico will once again be present with a stand at the Guadalajara Book Fair in Mexico, which is the world’s largest Spanish-speaking book fair.
November 26
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction
Meeting of NORLA’s expert committee for fiction, for the consideration of applications for translation subsidies with deadline 1 November.