by Gavin Wright | May 27, 2017 | News 2013
Opening performance for the biennial ICORN Network Meeting -PEN International WiPC Conference in Maihaugsalen, Lillehammer Wednesday May 31 May at 8 pm Distinguished artists from Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Palestine and Norway will perform a specially curated piece...
by Annette Seglem | May 11, 2017 | News 2013
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is considered to be one of the most important living African authors. The 79 year old, often discussed as a possible candidate for the Nobel Prize, has lived most of his life in exile due to the Kenyan authorities tolerating neither his books nor the...
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 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 2017, News 2013
Dr. Iman Al-Ghafari is a Syrian academic and a lesbian writer. Her PhD thesis was about identity in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. She has published widely on gender and lesbian issues in Middle-Eastern cultures. Her works include poetry, short stories, academic articles...
