In conjunction with the translation festival “Oversatte Dager” (Translated Days) at the Norwegian House of Literature in Oslo, NORLA has once again this year announced a causerie contest for translators of Norwegian literature. Three winners have been chosen and they will perform their causeries on Saturday February 20, at 16.00.
The three winners are:
1st prize:
Éva Dobos (Hungarian translator of Norwegian literature)
Split 2nd prize.
Katarzyna Tunkiel (Polish translator of Norwegian literature)
Split 2nd prize:
Daniela Syzcek (Austrian translator of Norwegian literature)
Welcome (free entry)!
Read more (in Norwegian).
Visit the festival’s (Norwegian only) website and Facebook-page.
If you read Norwegian, you will find the three causeries here: Éva Dobos, Katarzyna Tunkiel and Daniela Syzcek.
And more information on the two winners of NORLA’s previous causerie competition (Oversatte dager festival 2013) here.
Representatives from NORLA’s staff will be attending a seminar with our Nordic colleagues – members of the NordLit network – January 14-17.
The employees at the Nordic literary offices meet annually, and this year the meeting will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland.
We look forward to exchanging experiences and future plans with our colleagues!
NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.
Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.