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We will be visited by writers from 30 countries, from every corner of the world, who will discuss topics that concern us all – such are the thoughts of a delighted programme group consisting of artistic advisor, Yukiko Duke, Pegasus director, Anne-Thea Haavind, and...

The 2023 Bjørnsonprisen (Bjørnson Prize) has been awarded to the Norwegian author Åsne Seierstad for the power of her writing, and for bringing important social issues into the public arena. Åsne Seierstad has written a number of critically acclaimed books. The...

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 will...

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...

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 Vuong,...

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 to...

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...

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...

Dag Solstad in Germany, Nature and Literature and in the mind of a writer. These are the names of four of 15 program posts in total...

No sooner have we closed the doors on the largest and one of the most successful years of the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer, than the details for the festival’s programme in Frankfurt are released. This special edition of the Norwegian Festival of...