Samson & Roberto

Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956–2025) is considered one of the great storytellers of contemporary Norwegian literature. From his literary debut in 1981, Ambjørnsen wrote a great number of novels, collections of short stories as well as essay collections, and several books for children and young readers.
Over the span of his career, he won numerous awards, including the Riverton Prize, the Brage Prize Honorary Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers’ Award and the Aschehoug Prize. Ingvar Ambjørnsen has been published in 30 countries. Several of his novels have become successful films and theatre adaptions.

Per Dybvig (b. 1964 ) is one of Norway’s most acclaimed illustrators and visual artists. He has illustrated numerous children’s books, many of them bestsellers. Dybvig has earned several prizes for his work, among them The Ministry of Culture’s Picture Book Prize and the Book Art Prize awarded by the Norwegian Designer’s Guilds’ Visual Prize that honours book design and book illustrations of highest standard.