Herbjørg Wassmo
A Hundred Years
Hundre år
A Hundred Years
Hundre år
Reinventing Human : The biotechnological revolution and what it means for you
Fremtidsmennesket. Hva den bioteknologiske revolusjonen betyr for deg
The White Bathhouse
Det hvite badehuset
Our December translator of the month is Mariya Ilieva Nikolova, from Bulgaria. Mariya has a master’s degree in Scandinavian studies – language, culture and translation – from the University of Sofia, and has mostly translated Norwegian fiction including novels by Roy Jacobsen, Vigdis Hjorth and Karl Ove Knausgård. In addition, she has translated thrillers and crime fiction (as well as from Swedish), poems by Olav H. Hauge, Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People for a theatre production, and Jostein Gaarder’s children’s book The Solitaire Mystery. Her most recent translation is the non-fiction book Women in Battle by Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl.
The Different Lives of Olivia
Annenhver uke
November’s translator of the month is Siân Mackie, who translates into English. She was born in Scotland and now lives on the south coast of England. She has an MA in Scandinavian Studies and an MSc in Literary Translation as a Creative Practice from the University of Edinburgh. Siân has translated a wide range of titles from all three Scandinavian languages; from young adult and children’s literature to thrillers and non-fiction.
Siân was selected for the National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship in 2014, through which she was mentored by Don Bartlett. She also has experience of translating theatre, having participated in theatre company Foreign Affairs’ mentoring programme for translators and the Royal Court International Residency for Emerging Playwrights.
In 2019, her translation from Danish of Bjarne Reuter’s Elise and the Second-hand Dog was nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, which is awarded by children’s librarians. More recently, her translation of A Postcard to Ollis, written by Ingunn Thon and illustrated by Nora Brech, was the only book in translation to be nominated for the same prize for 2021. Congratulations from all of us at NORLA! (Read more).
Battle
Battle
Listen up! 听好了!
Hør her'a!
The Animal Book of Records 动物之最
Dyrenes rekordbok
So very dark 那么黑
Så mørkt det ble
Bubble
Bobla
Berlin Poplars
Berlinerpoplene
This Just Happened
Jo har skjedd
So very dark
Så mørkt det ble
Lemmings – a heartbeat in the mountains
Lemen – fjellets hjerte