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...
World Expression Forum Establishing in Lillehammer

World Expression Forum Establishing in Lillehammer

World Expression Forum (WEXFO) is an international forum for the advancement of freedom of expression. It will take place annually in Lillehammer, in connection with the Norwegian Festival of Literature in May. The festival is a proud partner of WEXFO and will be the...
Nobel Prize winner coming to Lillehammer

Nobel Prize winner coming to Lillehammer

The 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, will be among the authors coming to the Norwegian Festival of Literature. The festival will take place from May 30th to June 5th, 2022. Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his...