Our Translator of the Month for November is Outi Menna from Finland. Since 1998, she has translated over 200 books from Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish into Finnish – mainly adult fiction, but also books for children and young adults.
Outi holds a Master’s degree in Nordic languages and literature from the University of Helsinki and has been working as a literary translator since her student days.
We offer our warmest congratulations to Niels Fredrik Dahl - winner of the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel "Fars rygg" (English working title: "Walking Man")!
See all nominees for the 2024 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
NORLA congratulates Kjersti Synneva Moen on winning the 2023 Pondus Prize for her graphic novel "Seize the Fucking Day"!
NORLA congratulates Jørn Lier Horst and Hans Jørgen Sandnes on winning the 2023 Teskjekjerring Award for their children's series "The Detective Agency No. 2"!
We are happy to offer readable insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 25 Selected Titles of the autumn.
We invite you to get better aquainted with the books and the people who wrote and illustrated them!
From March 26 to 30, 2025, Norway will be the Guest of Honour at Leipziger Buchmesse, Germany’s largest public book fair.
Over the course of four days, NORLA will fill stages at the Leipzig Messe, and in the city itself, with a rich and varied program, where Norwegian authors and literature will have the leading role. Nearly 40 authors have accepted the invitation to participate in Leipzig, including prominent names like Vigdis Hjorth, Johan Harstad, Karl Ove Knausgård, Anna Fiske, Trude Teige, and Kristin Valla. These authors represent literature for both adults and children, in all genres.
Margherita has translated plays, films and so far more than 70 books, mostly fiction, from Norwegian to Italian, but she also translates from Swedish and Danish. Conveying the importance of translation to non-professionals, is something she finds very rewarding and inspiring, and also exchanging ideas and experiences with colleagues from all over the world.
In Oslo, on September 26, while celebrating International Translation Day, or Hieronymus Day as it’s known in Norway, NORLA presented its annual translation award for the nineteenth time. NORLA’s Translator’s Award for 2024 goes to Mišo Grundler for his outstanding work in translating Norwegian non-fiction into Croatian. Congratulations!
We at NORLA are both proud and delighted to present our Selected Titles for the Autumn:
25 wonderful books which are divided into fiction and non-fiction, for both adults, children and young adults.
See all the Selected Titles below
We are happy to present our selected title author Petter Bøckman. He has written Animals Like Us (original title: Oss dyr imellom). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Are Kalvø. He has written Only Countryfolk Long for Home (original title: Berre bønder lengtar heim). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Ingvild Holtan-Hartwig. She has written The Tundra Doctor (original title: Legen på vidda. Et år i Karasjok). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Bjørn Berge. He has written Smell – The Tale of a Fading Sense (original title: Lukt. Fortellingen om en falmet sans), which is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024. The book is illustrated with monoprints by visual artist Anette Rosenberg.
We are happy to present our selected title author Darya Shut . She has written The Price of Freedom. My Father, Me, and the Dictator (original title: Frihetens pris – min far, jeg og diktatoren). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Lars Fr. H. Svendsen. He has written Stupidity, Idiocy and Stupid Idiots – A Philosophy of Idiocy (original title: Dumhet, idioti og dumme idioter. Hvorfor du bør tenke selv – og sammen med andre). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024.
We are happy to present our selected title author Per Dybvig. He has written and illustrated The Line (original title: De står i kø), which is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2024. The book is also nominated for the 2024 Brage Prize.