Norway is the Guest of Honour of the Book Fair in Warsaw 2022
Norway will be the Guest of Honour at the Book Fair in Warsaw on 26 – 29 May 2022. The book fair takes place at the Palace of Culture and is the most important book fair in Poland.
The Guest of Honour project is organized by NORLA in close cooperation with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Warsaw.
The book fair will be an opportunity to present a wide range of Norwegian literature on the Polish market and for several Norwegian authors to engage with their Polish audience. There will be several events, also digitally, in all genres for both readers and the book industry.
Poland has become an important market for Norwegian literature and there is a large interest ranging from crime and Nordic noir to children’s books and cartoons. Polish literature is also well received in Norway. Being the Guest of Honour is a testament to this common interest in our cultures and languages.
”I am thrilled that Norway will be the Guest of Honour at this year’s Book Fair in Warsaw. Great literature can move us, provoke us and make us see all that we have in common, something we need more than ever as we try to leave the pandemic behind. Norway’s presence at the fair will make Norwegian literature even more accessible to a Polish audience, for the benefit of both authors and readers” says Anniken Huitfeldt, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“We are very excited to be the Guest of Honor of the Book Fair in Warsaw. This is a big opportunity to once again present authors and books from Norway to an international market, this time to Polish readers. During the last five years, Polish has been among the top 10 languages of NORLA’s translation grants. Many authors from Norway are already available in Polish translation, so the literary program will show all aspects of contemporary Norwegian literature”, says Margit Walsø, director of NORLA.
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