This Year’s Festival Artist is Nikolai Torgersen

This Year’s Festival Artist is Nikolai Torgersen

He has been compared to Bjarne Melgaard and Edvard Munch; people stand in line for hours when he has exhibitions. Now he has created a work of art that will adorn the Norwegian Festival of Literature’s poster and program booklet for 2023. During the festival, he...
Hernan Diaz is Coming to Lillehammer

Hernan Diaz is Coming to Lillehammer

The novel Trust by Hernan Diaz is gaining ground worldwide. You can experience him in Lillehammer this spring. Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina and grew up in Sweden, but he has spent most of his life in the United States. And it is precisely American history that is...
Future Library-authors to Lillehammer

Future Library-authors to Lillehammer

This year’s Future Library Author is the German author Judith Schalansky. Her originality, time span and wingspan as a writer and book artist have been greatly celebrated. Schalansky is coming to Oslo this spring to hand over her new manuscript. Author Ocean...
The Bjørnson Prize 2022 goes to Niviaq Korneliussen

The Bjørnson Prize 2022 goes to Niviaq Korneliussen

The Bjørnson Prize 2022 is awarded to Greenlandic author Niviaq Korneliussen for her contribution to highlighting a major social problem through fiction. In Bjørnson’s spirit, she writes accessible and popular in a realistic tradition that not least reaches out...
2022 Programme Launched!

2022 Programme Launched!

Nobel Laureates, international star writers, freedom of expression and concerts make up Nobel Laureates, international star writers, freedom of expression, and concerts highlight this year’s edition of the Norwegian Festival of Literature. We have an extensive...