Skien International Ibsen Conference 2009

9/3/2009 //

Skien International Ibsen Conference 2009 will be held on the 10th and 11th of September 2009 at Ibsenhuset, Skien , Norway . The theme of this year’s conference is The Artist Post Mortem - Managing Artistic Heritage.

9/3/2009 //

Norway’s acclaimed graphic novelist Jason returns with his most eagerly awaited book yet, thanks to the inclusion of the title story, the world’s first (and likely last) chess western, originally serialized in 2008 in the New York Times Sunday Magazine “Funny Pages” section.

Jan Kjærstad visits PEN World Voices Festival and Washington D.C.

The Norwegian author will be participating in this year PEN Festival that opens April 27. Jan Kjærstad, whose book "The Conqueror," recently was published in the United States, will also take part in several other events in New York and Washington D.C.

For Further Reading ...

List of recent Norwegian literature published in the U.S., as well as American literature that concerns Norway in some way.

Street performance opens Hamsun Year

In 2009, it is 150 years since the birth of the Norwegian Nobel winning author Knut Hamsun. The anniversary was launched with a street theater performance that offered hundreds of passers-by a taste of Hamsun’s Oslo novel Hunger.

Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Presents His Lates Book

The Foreign Minister Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre will discuss his book "Å gjøre en forskjell" (Making a Difference) at the Norwegian Seaman's Church.

The Conqueror

Even though life is lived forward, it is always understood backward. You turn around and behold – in awe or fear – a pattern that you are not aware of having made,” Jan Kjærstad offers in his latest novel published in the United States, “The Conqueror.”

Hidden Falls - Mystery and Romance in Western Norway

In this mystery set in Norway, an American woman’s determination to find her cousin’s killer thrusts her into danger, romance, and a quest for justice. Hidden Falls is written by Carla Danziger.

Meet the author Siri Hustvedt at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church as she talks about her latest book, ”The Sorrows of an American”, Thursday February 19, 6 pm.