by Gavin Wright | May 24, 2017 | Gjester 2017
Khaled Harara is a Palestinian hip hop artist. He was born in Yemen, but now lives in Sweden, after being the first musician to be Gothenburg’s City of Refuge guest writer. His lyrics consider the current political situation in Palestine, from a humanitarian and...
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2017, News 2013
Fatemeh Ekhtesari is an Iranian poet. She is the current City of Refuge writer in Lillehammer.
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2017
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2015, Gjester 2017, News 2013
Thorvald Steen is a Norwegian writer. His debut came in 1983, followed by a series of publications across varied genres, such as novels, drama, poetry, short stories children’s books and essays. He is acknowledged as one of Norway’s most international...
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2017, News 2013
Tishani Doshi ia a poet, essayist and dancer. She is one of the most important English-language, Indian poets of her time. At the festival she will present her poem Girls, which deals with sexualised violence against women in India
by Annette Seglem | Apr 4, 2017 | Gjester 2015, Gjester 2017, News 2013
(Bjørn) Anders Heger is a Norwegian writer and publisher. Recently, he wrote the foreword to Astrid Lindgren’s Krigsdagbøker. Heger is a member of Norsk PEN and PEN International.
