Poem of the Week, week 49: Johan Sebastian Welhaven "The Snow's Now Falling Thick and Fast"
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Kirsti Baggethun - Translator of the Month for December
Kirsti Baggethun is Norwegian, and has translated around 100 books. She started out translating from English and Spanish to Norwegian, but ever since the 90s she has almost exclusively translated from Norwegian to Spanish, in collaboration with Asunción Lorenzo. She has also translated several novels by Jon Fosse, in collaboration with Cristina Gómez Baggethun.
Poem of the Week, week 48: Thorvald Steen "On the Ceiling"
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NORLA offers its warmest congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Brage Prize
The Brage Prize (Norwegian: Brageprisen) is a literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (Den norske bokprisen). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature and it has been awarded each autumn since 1992. The prize’s name, “Brage”, is taken from Norse mythology and refers to the god of poetry and solemn speeches.
Competition Winners Announced
As Norway was Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in 2019, we decided to include all fields and actors of the book industry in Germany – including a group which is both dear and important to us: The Book Sellers. Among the initiatives we arranged, was a book store window competition. Book stores from all over Germany were encouraged to design windows promoting Norwegian authors and books.
Poem of the Week, week 47: Inger Hagerup "Dies Irae"
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Poem of the Week, week 46: Dorothe Engelbretsdatter "You Souls"
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New Intern in NORLA
Ani Zirakashvili is taking up the role as Intern in NORLA until end of January 2024. She is from Georgia and lives in Oslo whilst doing her Master´s degree at the University of Oslo.
Poem of the Week, week 45: M. Seppola Simonsen "my mother disappears"
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Vusala Afandiyeva - Translator of the Month for November
Our Translator of the Month for November is Vusala Afandiyeva. She translates from Norwegian and Swedish to Azerbaijani. Some of the authors she has translated include Per Petterson, Arne Svingen, Åsne Seierstad, Kjersti A. Skomsvold, Maria Parr, Hedvig Montgomery and Swedish Åsa Lind.
Poem of the Week, week 44: Gunvor Hofmo "Between Light and Darkness"
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Five Norwegian titles in The 2023 White Ravens
Every year «The White Ravens» catalogue higlights a selection of new, notable international children‘s and youth literature. This year’s catalogue features five titles by Norwegian authors/illustrators.