by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2015, Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017
Hilde Østby is a non-fiction author. Previously she was a journalist for Dagsavisen, editor at Schibsted and communication chief at the The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers And Translators Association. She now serves as editor to the National Library and as a critic for...
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017, News 2013
Margunn Vikingstad is a literature critic for the newspaper Morgenbladet. Vikingstad started as a critic with Dag og Tid in 2001, and has translated fiction from French into Norwegian. She has written for Morgenbladet since 2013 and was most recently working on a...
by Annette Seglem | Feb 15, 2017 | Gjester 2015, Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017, News 2013, Pegasus 2015 @en
Gro Dahle has established herself as one of Norway’s most important poets and writers. She has written books across numerous genres and won several literary prises, including the Bragerprisen for best children’s book in 2002, The Culture Department’s...
by Annette Seglem | Feb 15, 2017 | Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017, News 2013
Heidi Sævereid debuted in 2013 with her Young Adult novel Spranget, which was nominated for the Brageprisen and was awarded the Culture Department’s Debut Award. Her second novel, Slipp Hold, followed in 2015, and in 2016, Slagside – both of which were...
by Annette Seglem | Dec 23, 2016 | Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017, News 2013
John Freeman is a poet, editor and critic. He was the Literary Editor of Granta and now has his own magazine, Freeman’s Own, which publishes new work from some of the worlds leading poets and authors.
by Annette Seglem | Dec 7, 2016 | Gjester 2014 @en, Gjester 2016, Gjester 2017, News 2013
Åsne Seierstad is a journalist and writer. Seierstad was stationed in Russia from 1993 – 1996, and in China in 1997. From 1998 until 2000 she worked for Dagsrevyen on NRK and covered such events as the war in Kosovo. Later she covered conflicts in Afghanistan...