Norwegian author Per Petterson, whose "Out Stealing Horses" has just been published in the U.S., participates at two events at the upcoming PEN World Voices on April 25-27 in New York. "Out Stealing Horses" has just been nominated, and has made the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2007 shortlist.
4/12/2007 :: Petterson debued in 1987 with the short story collection Aske i munnen, sand i skoa, and has since become one of the most widely recognized contemporary norwegian writers. His breakthrough novel was Out Stealing Horses, which was published in Norway in 2003. The English translation, by Anne Born, won the 2006 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Latest News: "Out Stealing Horses" has been nominated, and has made the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2007 shortlist. The winner will be announced in Dublin Thursday June 14. Per Petterson was also nominated for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for the novel"TIL SIBIR" (To Siberia). The Award is worth €100,000 and is the world’s largest literary prize for a single work of fiction. Nominations are submitted by library systems in major cities throughout the world. A full list of the 138 nominated titles can be found HERE.
The shortlist for this year: "A Long Long Way "by Sebastian Barry, "Arthur & George" by Julian Barnes, "Slow Man" by J.M. Coetzee, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, "The Short Day Dying" by Peter Hobbs, "No Country For Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy, "Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson, and "Shalimar The Clown" by Salman Rushdie.
Petterson will participate in two events at the PEN World Voices festival. The events are free and open to the public:
The World Is a Book
Crime lords and petty bureaucrats conspire to throw a country into turmoil. A city is ravaged by a war between proponents of inflexible ideologies. A tragedy leaves a society searching for answers and reassurance. We could be talking about Italy or Uganda, Spain or Lebanon, Norway or the United States, but each setting lends a special inflection to the story that unfolds there. Indulge your literary wanderlust with these writers who offer insight into both the importance of place and the constants of human nature.
Featuring: Lluís-Anton Baulenas, Abla Farhoud, Moses Isegawa, Carlo Lucarelli, Per Petterson, Francine Prose
When: Wednesday, April 25, 4–5:30 p.m.
Where: 192 Books: 192 10th Ave. (corner of 21st St.)
Info: pen@pen.org or call 212-334-1660
Conversation: Per Petterson & Marilynne Robinson with Radhika Jones
Join these two writers for a discussion about memory, fathers, and learning to slow down. This conversation will be moderated by Radhika Jone, managing editor of The Paris Review, and introduced by Philip Gourevitch, author, staff writer for The New Yorker, and editor of The Paris Review.
When: Friday, April 27, 5-6 p.m.
Where: The Walter Reade Theater, 70 Lincoln Center plaza (65th St. and Broadway)
Info: pen@pen.org or call 212-334-1660