NORSK LITTERATURFESTIVAL
THE NORWEGIAN FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE English Program
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French springtime in
Festival Tent at Stortorget
Maylis de Kerangal (FR), Leïla Slimani (FR), Kamel Daoud (DZ), Timothy Snyder (US), Boualem Sansal (DZ), Carsten Jensen (DK), Han Kang (KR), Jacques Roubaud (FR), Werewere-Liking Gnepo (CI) and the Norwegian writers Per Petterson, Eldrid Lunden, Jan Grue, Tharaniga Rajah, Lars Mytting and Gunnhild Øyehaug are amongst this year’s main guests.
The norwegian festival of literature at Lillehammer is the largest in the Nordic region and has been voted one of the 20 best literature festivals in the world. The festival runs for 6 days and includes more than 250 events, 450 guests and this year we expect a new attendance record of up to 30,000 visitors.
The key themes of this year’s programme are: the power of language, French-language literature and social debate. A full range of Norwegian literature is, as always, represented in the extensive festival programme. Significantly, the programme for children and young people has doubled since last year!
Welcome! Mathias R. Samuelsen
Anne-Thea L. Haavind
Marit Borkenhagen
A rt i s t ic a dv i s or
H e a d of P e g a s us
F e s t i va l di r e c t or
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Lillehammer The Norwegian Festival of Literature 2019
The power of Language The discussion and revelation of structures and power-relations in language is a theme that we intend to consider during this year’s festival. Every time we express ourselves, our realities are augmented; the words we choose contribute to who we are - they contain markers of identity, class, values and political affiliation. Such is also the case with the language we find in the literature we read, or when we listen to others. Words always have an impact, but the degree depends upon who delivers them. The framework around a discussion can have consequences upon any conclusions that are drawn.
Garden party at Nansenskolen
HIGHLIGTS
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The French trail Our focus on French-language literature during the festival includes film, philosophy, an introduction to French literature and a dozen events where the 10 French-language authors will participate during this year’s festival.
Follow the handpicked events below, or set up your own schedule of highlights. Wednesday, May 22nd
Thursday, May 23rd
18:00 Roubaud’s diversity of worlds s. 12 In discussion with psychologist and poet Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson about poetry
17:00 Liking Lunden s. 18 A meeting between two founders of artistic education for young people. Werewere-Liking Gnepo from Cameroon/Côte d'Ivoire and Eldrid Lunden from Norway.
15:00 Fellow man s. 11 Alice Zeniter and Ida Hegazi Høyer about literature and relations The conversation is in English
20:00 French evening: from book to film – heal the living s. 13 Screening of the film based on the novel by Maylis de Kerangal. Presented by the author
14:00 An author in politics s. 16 French-Moroccan Leïla Slimani about literature, politics and France.
Friday, May 24th
14:00 Goncourt-debate s. 22 Two of the latest year’s Goncourt winners, Slimani and Mathieu, about the importance of the prize
HIGHLIGHTS
Werewere-Liking Gnepo
Leïla Slimani
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HIGHLIGTS
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‘Madeleine Moments’ In one of literature’s most famous passages, Proust muses on how the taste of Madeleine cakes dipped in tea unleashes a flow of childhood memories. Good literature often embraces experiences that bring the past to life, both for the character and for the reader. Let this year’s festival provide Madeleine moments through the literature of, amongst others, Johan Mjønes, Han Kang, Eldrid Lunden, Mette Moestrup and Per Petterson – all of whom will be reading and conversing at the festival.
HIGHLIGHTS
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A foretaste of Frankfurt The festival will also lend a hand in Norway’s preparations for this autumn’s main event, the Frankfurter Buchmesse – where Norway will be the Guest of Honour. 16 international publishers and a group representing the German press and German and Swiss bookstores will be amongst NORLA’s guests in Lillehammer during the festival. Georgian writers who have already experienced life as Guests of Honour, in 2018, will also be in Lillehammer to talk with Norwegian authors. Whilst Norwegian PEN has arranged a debate to discuss whether large demands for export lead to realignments within the literary markets.
HIGHLIGHTS
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We are doubling the programme for children and young people 2019 is a year of extraordinary focus on literature in Norway, to the extent that it has been defined as a national reading year. The Norwegian Festival of Literature plans to make a significant contribution to the national promise to create a desire for reading and to developing the reading ability of children and young people. With the help of solid support from our sponsors we are closer than ever to the goal of providing all children and young people, who so desire, with the opportunity to develop a great relationship with literature.
WEDENSDAY
19:00 to 20:15
Festival Opening Show Maihaugsalen
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2019 is panning out to be a very significant year for Norwegian literature, with a year-round initiative across the country, and international exposure beyond anything we have seen before, with Norway being the country of focus at the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt. Of course, the Norwegian Festival of Literature will be contributing to both of these events. As part of the opening performance the Bjørnson Prize will be awarded to the Danish author Carsten Jensen. The Norwegian Dobloug prize will also be presented. Last year's Dobloug prize winner, Vigdis Hjorth, is one of the authors you will see performing on the opening night, together with author and actor Gine Cornelia Pedersen, author and stage artist Fredrik Høyer and the dance duo Th´Line, who will perform a scene from Lars Mytting's epic work Søsterklokkene. Music: Gaute Tønders. Lighting: Øyvind Wangensteen. Director: Mattis Herman Nyquist. 400,– | the event is in norwegian
Vigdis Hjorth 10:00 to 11:00
To clear a place in Norwegian Lillehammer læringssenter
11:00 to 11:50
Sansal`s World Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
The picturebook Ryddetid by Camilla Kuhn came out this autumn in two parallel-language editions, one in Norwegian/Somali and one in Norwegian/Arabic. Meet the translators of the books, Safia Abdi Haase and Sherin A Wahab, in conversation with Veronica Salinas, on how literature can be an important catalyst to integration. Free | In collaboration with Leser søker bok | The event is in Norwegian, Somali and Arabic
Boualem Sansal is one of Algeria’s most acclaimed contemporary authors. He did not start writing books until he turned 50 and quit his Government job, and he has never looked back, something his output since 1999 clearly demonstrates. In Norway, we know him best as the author of the dystopian novel 2084: The End of the World, describing a post-apocalyptic Arab community, where nobody remembers the past and the prophet rules without competition. Boualem Sansal’s authorship is inextricably linked to North Africa and manages to blend political criticism with gallows humour and overwhelming imagination. Sansal will meet with Associate Professor in French Literature at UiO Geir Uvsløkk to discuss his writing. 150,– | This conversation will be in Norwegian and French
Boualem Sansal
WEDENSDAY
12:00 to 12:45
tidy-time - In Norwegian, Somali and arabic! Bjerkebæk
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It is tidy time, but Dad and Jens would rather go to the swimming pool. Unluckily, they are discovered trying to sneak out by Jens’ little sister. Strangely, neither she nor Mama gets angry. When Dad and Jens arrive at the swimming pool, they finally understand why. Many readers have a mother tongue other than Norwegian, and therefore Camilla Kuhn's humorous story of a rather everyday activity has been published in both Norwegian/Somali and Norwegian/Arabic. Safia Abdi Haase made the Somali translation, whilst Sherin A. Wahab has translated the book into Arabic. Meet the two translators who talk about and read from the books in three languages. Free | Pegasus: 6–9 years of age | The event is in Norwegian, Somali and Arabic
12:00 to 12:50
Marseille–Paris
Poetry conversation between Erlend Wichne and Laura Vazquez
Cafe Stift
When you think of France, it is natural enough to think of Paris, and it’s not so unusual for a capital city to attract many of the artists and thinkers living in the country. But as we know from our own countries, there are also smaller towns where environments grow and are shaped. Where French poetry is concerned, Marseille is such a city. One of the leading poets in Marseille, Laura Vazquez, will meet with poet and translator Erlend Wichne to discuss poetry and the city of Marseille. 150,– | The conversation will be translated from french into norwegian
Laura Vazquez 13:00 to 14:00
Wednesday Lunch Søndre Park
Enjoy a cup of coffee, alfresco, accompanied by readings from Nils Gullak Horvei, from his latest novel Riv Rom på en Dag, Maria Kjos Fonn, from her novel Kinderwhore, Kathrine Nedrejord, from her YA novel Slepp Meg and Brit Bildøen who will read from Tre Vegar mot Havet. The Eritrean poet Haole Bizen Abraha will recite poems together with the interpreter Arne Ruste. Your compère is Torunn Rassmusen. Free | In collaboration with Norsk PEN
WEDENSDAY
14:00 to 14:50
Versions of reality The tent on Stortorget
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In his novel, 2084, Algerian author Boualem Sansal, has rewritten the future, as has Norwegian Bjørn Vatne in his latest book Nullingen av Paul Abel. But when you write a dystopian future novel, do you believe in this future, or is it merely a caricature of our time? The two writers meet in conversation with Bår Stenvik. 150,– | Signing | The conversation will be translated from french into norwegian
15:00 to 15:50
Fellow Man Litteraturhus Lillehammer Novels are populated by characters, and these characters relate to their own worlds and social situations. When we talk and write about books that, in diverse ways, manage to generate identification and compassion, we often use words like depth. If you read the reviews of the two authors Alice Zeniter and Ida Hegazi Høyer, it is this notion that comes up time and again. Both authors construct literary communions that fascinate and stay with the reader. We are therefore looking forward to hearing the two authors together, with Ellen Sofie Lauritzen, in conversation about literature and relationships. 200,– | The conversation is in English
Alice Zeniter 16:00 to 16:50
Townsend`s magical world The tent on Stortorget
Jessica Townsend's debut book Nevermoor has received massive international attention. The debutant has received brilliant reviews for her books about the cursed child Morrigan Crow, she is even being talked about in the same conversations as J.K. Rowling. We invite you to a talk with Townsend, led by Tonje Tornes. 200,– | The conversation is in English
WEDENSDAY
17:00 to 17:50
Festival exhibition with Håvard Vikhagen Galleri Zink
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Håvard Vikhagen is one of Norway`s foremost artists. He is primarily a painter and excelled in his early career as a representative of the Neo-expressionistic movement. Since 1985, Vikhagen has established himself as one of the country`s most important painters within the expressionist genre. He is best known for his colourful, intense and textural paintings, however his more recent work has also integrated humanity into his work to a greater extent, something that this exhibition will demonstrate. Vigdis Hjorth will open the exhibition. Free | Host: Galleri Zink
18:00 to 18:50
Undset and the North. An American view UNDSET LECTURE
Bjerkebæk
18:00 to 18:50
This year’s Undset lecture is given by Brad Leithauser, author and senior lecturer from the USA. He will look at Sigrid Undset’s writing from an overseas perspective. In addition, he will let other American and English writers show how they have been inspired by the Nordic countries. 150,– | Host: Sigrid Undset-corporation | The lecture is in English
Roubaud`s Diversity of Worlds Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
The importance of French poet Jacques Roubaud to post-war, European poetry cannot be overstated. Although two entire poetry collections have been published in Norwegian, he is not read as often as he should be here. We are therefore very pleased to be able to present this talented mathematics professor and octogenarian. He will be in discussion with psychologist and poet Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson about poetry and all that it contains. 200,– | The conversation is in English
Jacques Roubaud
WEDENSDAY
18:00 to 23:00
Garden Party for All Nansenskolen
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Traditionally the festival’s garden party is a pleasantly lively affair – and remains open to everyone. Birger Emanuelsen presents three young Nordic authorial voices: Agnes Lidbeck (Sweden), Monica Isakstuen (Norway) and Johan Mjønes (Norway). Music is provided by the duo Kristin & Kvistum. We will have an Open Microphone, food from barbecue and wine sales. (If it is raining, we will go indoors). 150,– | In collaboration with Nansenskolen
Garden party at Nansenskolen 20:00 to 22:00
French Evening: From Book to Film Heal the living Lillehammer kino, sal 3
It all starts at dawn when three young surfers ride in the waves of the French Atlantic coast. A few hours later, when the surfers are on their way home, an accident happens. Simon, 17, is severely injured and rushed to a hospital in Le Havre. It is soon understood that he is brain dead and will never wake up again. Meanwhile, in Paris, a woman on the organ transplant waiting list, is ready to be given a new life. The film premiered in Norwegian cinemas in 2017 and won brilliant reviews. Maylis de Kerangal, the author of the book that the movie is based on, will present the film. 100,– | Host Lillehammer kino | The event has an age restriction at 18 years of age
WEDENSDAY AND THURS-
22:00 to 23:00
Literature, chords and knobs The tent on Stortorget
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Wednesday night we invite you to the tent for a session of reading and electric strumming. Laura Vaxquez and Mona Høvring meet musician and artist Eirik Havnes who will provide a blanket of sound during their readings. Vazquez is a poet from Marseille who has just been translated into Norwegian by Erlend Wichne, she reads from the collection Ja. 200,– | norwegian and French with translations on screen
09:30 to 10:15
Secret, magical, fantastic! Litteraturhus Lillehammer
Jessica Townsend ’ s debut book Nevermoore quickly became popular with anyone who likes a good fantasy novel. It is the story of a cursed girl, Morrigan Crow, who is transported by a mysterious man named Jupiter Nord to the magical city of Nevermoor. This book is a wonderful adventure that has been compared to, amongst others, Harry Potter. Meet the Australian writer in conversation with Bobbie Peers, the author of the popular series about the cryptographer William Wenton. Moderator: Heidi Sævareid. Free | Pegasus: 14–16 years of age | The conversation is in English
Jessica Townsend
THURSDAY
12:30 to 13:20
Sexual/Textual Politics by Toril Moi Know the Classics
The tent on Stortorget
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Toril Moi is among the world’s leading literature researchers and writes about feminism, everyday philosophy and literature in a way that everyone can understand. Her book Sexual / Textual Politics (1985) is a classic and still influences the way we read and understand literature today. Three decades later, the author summarizes and evaluates the message and effect of the book: what was new in Sexual / Textual Politics and is it something she would have written differently today? In conversation with Lauren Elkin. 150,- | In collaboration with NFFO | Free for NFFO-members, rember your member card | The conversation is in English
13:00 to 13:50
Poets and translators - back to back Galleri Zink
We are fortunate here in Norway to have a corps of skilled and conscientious translators, making sure that those who cannot understand a certain language still have access to the literature written in that language. We also have a series that serves to promote these important books. The publisher Oktober has, for almost 20 years, given us poetry from all over the world, and the relatively new publisher H//O//F has, in recent years, come up with a stream of releases that we would not have missed. It is our desire to remain faithful not only to the texts, but also to the dialogues which form the translations, as such the poet and the translator will read back to back. Here Laura Vazquez and Jacques Roubaud meet their Norwegian counterparts Erlend Wichne and Thomas Lundbo for a reading. Rune Christiansen, editor of Oktobers rendering series, will introduce. 200,– | The readings will be in both Norwegian and French
13:00 to 13:50
When guests of honour meet - the return! Elephant Kunsthall
What happens when a Norwegian writer travels through the Georgian Caucasus and wonderful Tbilisi in the company of a Georgian writer? In May 2018, to mark Tbilisi’s international book fair and guest of honour status at the Frankfurt Buchmesse, Erlend Loe was invited by The Georgian National Book Centre to observe the country. Now, in 2019, when it is Norway’s turn to be guests of honour in Frankfurt, the process is reversed and the Georgian author Archil Kikodze has been invited to Norway to become reacquainted with his colleague again. They will talk about literature festivals, translation, writing, nature and their own experiences. The conversation is moderated by Meda Metreveli, director of the Georgian National Book Centre. 150,– | Host: NORLA and the Book Fair in Frankfurt | The conversation is in English
Archil Kikodze
THURSDAY
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Thursday Lunch
13:00 to 14:00
Enjoy a cup of coffee, alfresco, accompanied by readings from Cornelius Jakhelin, Ida Hegazi Høyer, Olaug Nilssen and Jessica Townsend. Your compère is Torunn Rassmusen.
Søndre Park
Free | Jessica townsend will read in english
14:00 to 14:50
When the current French president first came to power, Leïla Slimani was one of his advisers. The French media reported that she was offered the position of Minister of Culture, but refused. Through her writing, the Moroccan author has worked for women’s rights in France and in her home country. Essentially, Slimani represents for many people a new generation of intellectuals in the Francophonic world. How does she balance her political position with her own writing? And how does she look at the ‘official’ France that she represents? These are some of the questions Leïla Slimani addresses in the conversation with author, editor and critic John Freeman.
An author in Politics The tent on Stortorget
200,– | The conversation is in English
Leïla Slimani
THURSDAY
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14:30 to 16:00
To Kiss a Desert. To Kiss a Marsh. Verdensteateret
Benyamin Farnam
Islam Elsanov
Welcome to the launch of the anthology To Kiss a Desert. To Kiss a Marsh. This book has its origins in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq and Eritrea, in Syria, Libya, Chechnya and Iran. The authors included in this collection have experiences far from everyday Norwegian life: to be unsafe in your own home, not to love the one you want or to have to leave one’s life to save it. But also the collection contains stories about the things we all have in common: unruly desires, sudden joy and vulnerability in the face of birth, love and death. Thirteen City of Refuge authors are represented
Fatemeh Ekhtesari here: Montaser Abdelmawgood, Haile Bizen Abraha, Manal Al-Sheikh, Sanaa Aoun, Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (Tutul), Fatemeh Ekhtesari, Islam Elsanov, Ashur Etwebi, Benyamin Farnam, Ali Hayder, Mehdi Mousavi, Gunel Movlud and Nawzat Shamdin, reading excerpts from their texts in their native languages. Gunstein Bakke, Øyvind Berg, Hege Susanne Bergan, Johanne Fronth-Nygren, Nina Zandjani, Oda M. Qinsnes, Paal-Helge Haugen, Erling Kittelsen, Linda Kjosaas, Arne Ruste and Anne Karin Torheim read their Norwegian translations.
Free | Host: Aschehoug and Norsk PEN | Book sale and signing | The reading is in Norwegian and the original languages
15:00 to 15:50
Undset as seen from the outside Bjerkebæk Prior to the festival, the American non-fiction author, Lauren Elkin, sat in the writing room at Bjerkebæk and immersed herself in the Sigrid Undset’s time spent in Rome. Elkin has written about female writers and artists that have had great freedom of movement, and how such mobility has affected their work. After a presentation of her work, Elkin will be in conversation with Brad Leithauser, who has also come to the festival to talk about his work on Undset.
Lauren Elkin
200,– | The conversation is in English
THURSDAY
17:00 to 17:50
Liking Lunden Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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To build a society is not a simple task, nor is it to build a school. Yet, there is some inherent art, something human that drives certain individuals to roll up their sleeves and throw themselves into such schemes. Werewere-Liking Gnepo and Eldrid Lunden are two such people, people who have established something which has gelled and created the basis for development and cooperation. Liking established the theater group Ki-Yi M’bock in 1980, which, in 1985, became Ki-Yi M’bock Village. The village is located in the Ivory Coast and provides an artistic education for young people. Lunden established the Forfatterstudiet i Bø (writer’s studio) at about the same time. These two meet to discuss the role of community around literature and art. The conversation is led by Olav Blodstrup Müller, Lillehammer UNESCO’s city of literature. 200,– | The conversation will be translated into Norwegian
Werewere Liking Gnepo 17:30 to 18:20
Nordic Poetry Summit Elephant Kunsthall
Different styles, different moods and different tongues. Gerður Kristný from Iceland, Erlend Wichne from Norway, Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson (UKON) from Sweden and Mette Moestrup from Denmark appear on the same stage, and the stage is set for the Nordic poetry summit! The poets are introduced by Martin Ingebrigtsen. 150,– | Readings in Icelandic, norwegian, sweedish and danish
THURSDAY
19:00 to 21:00
Literary Festival Evening Maihaugsalen
Leïla Slimani
Maylis de Kerangal
Han Kang
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This is the evening where some of the festival’s most acclaimed writers and performers - Han Kang, Per Petterson, Leïla Slimani, Nicolas Mathieu, Maylis de Kerangal, Simen Ekern, Eirik Havnes and Ingrid Olava - gather on stage. Leïla Slimani is a truly special writer, and a writer who moves within the corridors of power. She has been an advisor to the popular but also strongly criticized President Emmanuel Macron. She is referred to as his minister for «francophonie affairs», a position which in itself is not without problems, the term is also intrinsically related to colonial history, certain values and power structures. Many in France are angry and the level of conflict is high. We therefore intend dig deep into this matter with Leïla Slimani and last year’s Goncourt Prize winner Nicolas Mathieu, when they meet the Norwegian author and European expert Simen Ekern for a conversation about what is really going on in France, about yellow vests and the mentality in the outskirts of Paris. We will also enjoy literature in the purest of forms when Per Petterson reads from his latest book Men in My Situation accompanied by musician and sound artist Eirik Havnes. The evening’s second meeting of great writers will focus on the power of literature, about how it takes on the real challenges of life, such as losing close family members and dealing with the grief that follows. Meet two of the most exciting authors of our time, South Korean Han Kang, whose book The White Book devotes itself to the narrator’s relationship with a sister she never met, and the French writer, Maylis de Kerangal, who has written the poetic and powerful novel Mend the Living, about the shock experienced by relatives at a sudden death and all the difficult questions one has to resolve whilst in the midst of grief. Author and critic Ellen Sofie Lauritzen monitors the conversation. The evening ends with a French-inspired performance from the award-winning Norwegian musician Ingrid Olava, and cellist Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen. There will also be the presentation of the Fiction Translator’s Award. 400,– | Book sale and signing | The conversations are in English.
Nicolas Mathieu
THURSDAY
20:00 to 22:00
My friend Balthazar
The Film Club presents
Verdensteateret 22:00 to 22:45
D’bi Young
The tent on Stortorget
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Lillehammer film club invites you to an evening showing of Robert Bresson’s classic Au Hasard Balthazar, from 1966. Film lover and author Rune Christiansen has chosen the film and will introduce the screening. 150,– | In collaboration with Lillehammer Film Club
D’bi Young Anitafrika is an internationally recognized feminist dubpoet, skeptic and activist. She was born and raised in Jamaica but moved to Canada as a 15-year old. In her texts she explores topics such as identity, gender, sexuality and class. Come and listen to one of the most interesting slam poets we have in the world today. 150,– | The event is in English
D’bi Young Anitafrika 23:00 to 00:00
«Dei nye kapellanane» with Jon Øystein Flink / Flinkini The tent on Stortorget
«Dei nye kapellanane» is a group that has tried many times to disband, but seem incapable of doing so. The group plays popular music in Nynorsk. The group was founded in 1992 but has been revitalized with a series of guests in recent years. Jon Øystein Flink is a writer, magician and gambler and has published seven books, conjured at the Russian embassy and, with his great guitar playing, entertained Norwegians over the whole country. When he isn’t writing, conjuring or playing guitar in the heavy rock group Desertör, he likes to roam, half-drunk around Torshov in Oslo, screaming abuse at random passers-by. The band will team up with the magician at the festival. The band members are Trygve Åslund from Aschehoug, Ragnar Hovland, writer, Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm from deLillos, Jørn Mortensen from KHiO/Penthouse Playboys, Arnt Maasø from the University, and Martin Hystad from the Univers. 250,–
FRIDAY
11:45 to 12:00 and 13:45 to 14:15
French Ballads
Søndre Park Cafè Stift and Husfliden
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Carsten Tourrenc is a well-known singer and restaurateur from Trondheim, more often than not he can be found at Antikvariatet, the book bar in town. As his name suggests, he has southern European ancestry, which has greatly influenced his repertoire. Carsten visits the festival as a wandering troubadour, stopping here and there to perform some selected songs in the festival’s focus language! Free
12:00 to 12:50
Freeman’s 2019
Presentation by The Freeman’s magazine and conversation with Johan Harstad
Elephant Kunsthall
For several years John Freeman has been a natural component of the festival, and every year he presents the upcoming issue of Freeman’s magazine, which he himself is the editor of. This year he will also be joined by Johan Harstad. Free | The conversation is in English |
John Freeman 13:00 to 13:50
Norwegian literature - now trending
Conversation with the publishers John Erik Riley and Chad W. Post
Elephant Kunsthall
13:00 to 14:00
Friday Lunch Søndre Park
For the past ten years Norwegian literature has sailed on a wave of success and attention in the English-speaking market, long enough to meditate deeply on what it is about the Norwegian novel that has made it so broadly available. Chad W. Post, editor of the American publishing house Open Letter Press and presenter of the literature podcast Three Percent Podcast, along with John Erik Riley, author and publishing editor, meet to exchange impressions from both sides of the Atlantic. 150,– | The conversation is in English
On Friday it is time for another round of reading in the park! Today you will hear from the Canadian-Jamaican poet and playwright D`bi Young Anitafrika; jostein Gaarder will be reading from Akkurat Passe and Bjørn Vatne reads from his dystopian novel Nullingen av Paul Abel. Iraqi poet Manal Al-Sheikh reads together with her Norwegian translator, Erling Kittelsen. Torun Rasmussen compères. Free | In collaboration with Norsk PEN | readings in english, norwegian and iraqi
14:00 to 14:45
Open Mic
Elephant Kunsthall
Will you read something that you have written? Authors, writers, poets - anyone who would like to give it a try, the stage is yours! Free
FRIDAY
14:00 to 14:50
Flâneuse
Galleri Zink
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The American writer Lauren Elkin has been in residence at Maihaugen since May 15th and has been working in the writing room at Bjerkebæk. She was selected by the festival for this extended stay because of her amazing book, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London, which deals with the female urban wanderer. It is a story that tells us where we are today and how we arrived there, both in a geographic and a feminist sense. 150,– | The event is in English
14:00 to 14:50
When time divides The tent on Stortorget
In Gunnhild Øyehaug’s new novel Presens Maskin we experience a dual universe, two different timelines that are created by a mistake in a Swedish poetry collection in the late 1990s. Using simple, laconic form she presents what is essentially a nightmare scenario - a lost child, a lost life, and characters who do not know what has happened. Gunnhild Øyehaug meets John Freeman for conversation about time, space and what is possible in the novel. 150,– | The conversation is in English |
14:00 to 14:50
Goncourt- debate Verdensteateret
The Goncourt Prize is one of the most important literary awards in the French-speaking world. It is, of course, heavily debated, with writings about the winner and the possible motivation behind the nominations, each and every year. At the festival this year, we have two of the most recent winners. Leïla Slimani is one of only nine women who have been awarded the prize over the last century; and Nicolas Mathieu who won in 2018 with a novel that must be said to place itself directly in relation to the challenges the country faces. Mathieu and Slimani meet to talk about the importance of the prize, their own books and previous winners. The conversation is led by Marius Warholm Haugen. 150,– | Book sale and signing | The conversation is in English
Nicolas Mathieu 15:00 to 15:50
Werewere in Norwegian Litteraturhus Lillehammer
The Cameroonian queen of the avant-garde Werewere-Liking Gnepo has to a small degree been translated into Norwegian, however throughout the festival a group of keen translators will work on one of her texts to make it available in Norwegian. Experience a brand new translation of African literature and meet the author herself in conversation with translator and poet Erlend Wichne. 150,– | Reading in Norwegian, the conversation will be translated from French to Norwegian | In collaboration with Norsk Oversetterforening
FRIDAY
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15:00 to 15:50
Han Kang Bjerkebæk
With books such as Vegetarian and The White Book, Han Kang has become one of the most important authors in the world today. She has been translated into at least 20 languages and performs at the largest festivals in the world. This year she will be included in the Future Library, an honour she currently shares with Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Elif Shafak and Sjòn. Before this, however, she will be in Lillehammer. This will be a very exclusive meeting, in historic surroundings, with Kjersti A. Skomsvold. 200,- | Book sale and signing | The conversation is in English
Han Kang 15:00 to 15:50
Beyond the Sagas Elephant Kunsthall
Many of us know more about the literature of the Icelandic sagas than we do about contemporary Icelandic literature. To remedy this, we are proud to introduce to you some of today’s Icelandic writers that are well worth knowing. We have Stella Soffía Jóhannesdóttir, publisher and festival manager at the Reykjavík Literary Festival, and Halldór Guðmundsson, who has worked as an Icelandic publisher and author, to share their reading tips. Join an enthusiastic journey through modern Icelandic literature from Halldór Laxness to Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. Free | the conversation is in english
16:00 to 16:50
Writing the dead alive Verdensteateret
Maylis de Kerangal has written a masterful and poetic book where grief, the human body and utility are central themes. In Mend the Living, a young man dies in a car accident, forcing those closest to him to decide how his body can still be beneficial to others. The book not only describes what happens to the body, but also questions how the world looks at a body that is no longer «active». The author is in conversation with John Freeman. 200,– | The conversation is in English
Jan Grue
FRIDAY
17:00 to 17:50
Post-post-colonialism Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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It is not so strange that we still see today the repercussions of colonialism, which, during the last century, defined the relationship between the so-called first and third worlds. These ripple effects have been clearly represented in postcolonial art. Languages such as English and French became battle zones for history. In recent years, we have seen that this tradition has expanded further, through new narrative inputs, creating what we, for want of a better phrase, must refer to as post-post-colonial art. This is a field which has become defined by third-generation narratives and «secondary character narratives». This last genre can be exemplified by Kamel Daoud’s book The Meursault Investigation, which takes for its story The Stranger by Camus, only it is told from the perspective of the brother, Haroun, to the nameless Arab, whose murder starts off this classic. Alice Zeniter’s L’Art de Perdre also has its roots in colonial Algerian history, even though it is set in contemporary France. The conversation between Alice Zeniter and Kamel Daoud will be about their personal experience of major world events and the struggle to take back these stories. The conversation is moderated by Synneve Sundby. 200,– | Book sale and signing | The conversation will be translated into Norwegian.
Kamel Daoud 18:00 to 19:00
Norsk Top Hits
Vorspiel for the Bank Night
Teltet på Stortorget
What have songs like «Tore Tang», « Hun er fri», « Hvite menn som pusher femti» and «Pinne for landet» got in common? In addition to frequenting playlists on Spotify, they are among the ten songs that are the starting point for Steffen R.M. Sørum’s single «Norsktoppen», where the music spins through life, technology and politics. The entire playlist will, of course, be played, there will also be some discussion and a little bit of reading. A good preparation for Bank Night! 150,– | The conversation will be in Norwegian
Lunch in the park
FRIDAY
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19:00 to 03:00 Banknatta - Bank Night Kulturhuset Banken
If you ask someone who has previously visited the festival what they remember best, chances are they will say Banknatta (Bank Night). Just over halfway through the festival, Kulturhuset Banken is filled to the brim with partying locals and visitors. Impresario: Carsten Tourrenc. Program for the evening: 19.00 Sex and prattling 19.30 Red dead redemption 2 20.00 Vigdis at 60! 20.00 Twilight Poetry
21.00 Else Kåss Furuseth and the psychology 21.00 Bowie, Eno and Berlin 21.30 Star-studded Slam Fest 23:30 DJ Sakprosa
500,–
20:00 to 20:50
Twilight Poetry
POETRY READING WITH ERLING KITTELSEN, ANNA KLEIVA, GUNEL MOVLUD AND ASHUR ETWEBI
Cafe Stift
21:00 to 22:00
Bowie, Eno, Berlin
Record talk with Morten Strøksnes and Heidi Sævareid
Cafe Stift
Late evening and nighttime is a time of poetry, when darkness falls and the distinction between shadow and light becomes clearer, the poem emerges as a preferred form. Therefore, we have asked four writers to lead us into the twilight with apposite texts. Norwegians Erling Kittelsen and Anna Kleiva read together with Gunel Movlud from Azerbaijan, and Ashur Etwebi from Libya.
For a short period in the seventies, Berlin was the epicenter of pop music development. A collaboration between David Bowie, Brian Eno and producer Tony Visconti set a path that can still be followed today on dance floors all over the world. Morten Strøksnes and Heidi Sævareid meet to play some tunes and talk a little about what actually happened on the west side of the wall, almost 50 years ago.
FRIDAY
21:30 to 23:30
Star-studded Slam Poetry Kulturhuset Banken, Festsalen
23:00 to 02:30
DJ Sakprosa Cafe Stift
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Slam poetry is no longer just an underground phenomenon, the form has also taken to theater stages and literature festivals. Tonight, you can see and hear some of the best Nordic slam poets in action. In addition, you get a unique chance to experience the international dubpoet D’bi Young Anitafrika on stage in the banquet hall. D’bi Young Anitafrica (Jamaica/Canada), Evelyn Rasmussen Osazuwa and Marius Abrahamsen (Norway), Maria Maunsbach (Sweden), Victor von Hellens (Finland) and Peter Dyreborg (Denmark). MC: Heidi Marie Vestrheim Music: Beatur (Iceland) In collaboration with Foreningen !les
Behind this somewhat every day name (DJ-nonfiction), lurks a well-known Norwegian author - a writer who will spin discs into the night. He has recently become a local, and as far as we know, our festival is the only place you will be able to dance to his selections. DJ Sakprosa will guide us into the night.
D›bi Young Anitafrika
SATURDAY
12:00 to 12:50
Dagny Juel, Georgia, Norge Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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While the marketing campaign behind «the big four» was in full swing, another group existed on the side of the best sellers. Today we remember this group as the Kristiania (Oslo) bohemia, avantgarde writers, visual artists and political thinkers who travelled between Berlin, Paris and the Norwegian capital. Many of us are familiar with Ketil Bjørnstad’s depiction of this environment, but it turns out that this group has aroused interest in other parts of the world. Georgian writer Zurab Karumidze has written the critically acclaimed novel Dagny, or a Love Feast, about the author and the muse Dagny Juel. These two, Ketil Bjørnstad and Zurab Karumidze, meet for conversation led by author and historian Ivo de Figueiredo. 150,– | In collaboration with NORLA | The conversation is in English
12:00 to 14:00
French Film Matinée - The Intouchables Lillehammer kino
The Intouchables is an uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human potential, the true story of two men who should never have met each other. Multi-millionaire Philippe is paralyzed from the neck down after a paraglider accident and must live the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He lives in a luxurious residence in Paris and must hire a new care assistant. The only candidate that stands out from the applicants is Driss, who has applied for the job purely to show that he is an active job seeker, to keep his social security benefits. This is the beginning of an unlikely friendship rooted in honesty and humour between two individuals who on the surface have nothing in common. The film premiered in 2011 and became critically acclaimed worldwide. 80,– | Host: Lillehammer kino | Age limit: 7 years (suitable for youths/adults)
The Intouchables 13:00 to 14:00
Saturday Lunch Søndre Park
The weekend is here and there is no reason to work overtime! Come down to the park and listen to Fredrik Svindland read from his latest novel Engelsk Tåke, Ketil Bjørnstad reads from his epic Verden Som Var Min! and the Iraqi poet Ali Hayders reads along with his Norwegian translator, Linda Kjosaas. Siri Aurland Bredesen introduces the authors. Free | In collaboration with Norsk PEN
SATURDAY
14:00 to 14:50
Young Exile Poetry Cafe Stift
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Here in the West it is easy to forget how inflammatory a poem can be. Many live in exile because they have written opposing those in power. This is definitely poetry at a price. Here you meet Montaser Abdelmawgood from Egypt with translator Linda Kjosaas, Fatemeh Ekhtesari from Iran with translator Anne Karin Torheim and Benjamin Farnam from Iran with translator Øyvind Berg. 150,–
15:00 to 15:45
Main Lecture Litteraturhus Lillehammer
How did leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump come to power? How could the systems that promised so much after the fall of the wall lead us to the uncertainty we now feel? When the Cold War finally ended, Americans and Europeans thought they were finally safe. We were convinced that democracy and globalization would bring peace and wealth forever, but they did not. Professor Timothy Snyder explains the reasons for this in his latest book, The Road to Unfreedom. These phenomena have only led to greater inequality and have paved the way for fascism and authoritarian political systems. The well-known political thinker and author presents this year’s main lecture during the festival. 200,– | Book sale and signing | The conversation is in English.
Timothy Snyder 16:00 to 16:50
Master Meeting - Haugen & Etwebi
Cafe Stift Here is a rare opportunity to hear two lyrical masters in conversation. Libyan Ashur Etwebi and Norwegian Paal-Helge Haugen are both among their home country’s foremost poets. A long collaboration between the two has led to many translations and mutual inspiration. In Lillehammer, they come together to read their own and each other’s poems in Norwegian and Arabic. The first selection of Haugen’s re-writings of Etwebi is launched during the festival in the anthology To kiss a desert. To kiss a marsh. 150,- | Host: Norsk PEN
Ashur Etwebi
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
20:00 to 01:00
Pub Crawl
Haakons, Brenneriet, Mikrobryggeriet and lastly the Tent at Stortorget.
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The pub crawl is one of the great traditions of the festival, and usually the theme has been contemporaneous. This time around, however, we travel about a thousand years back in time - to the Nordic Iron Age and, to be precise, the early Middle Ages. Three knowledgeable writers and one singer will guide us through the night with stories and songs related to our ancestral drinking culture. Join folk singer Margrete Nordmoen, actress Sara Birgitte Øfsti and the authors Tore Skeie and Tore Kvæven, from Haakons to Brenneriet to Mikrobryggeriet and finally to the tent, where there will be a panel discussion and singing. Anne Gaathaug is your leader. Free | In collaboration with NFFO | Readings in Norwegian
11:00 to 11:50
Who will inherit the Earth? Litteraturhus Lillehammer
History Professor Timothy Snyder has described to the whole world the mechanisms of the expansion of empires and the withdrawal that often follows, the vacuum in which the old colonial states today find themselves. Professor Snyder will meet with the Algerian writer Kamel Daoud to discuss colonialism. The conversation is led by Frøy Gudbrandsen, political editor for the Bergens Tidende. 200,– | Book sale and signing | The conversation is in English
12:00 to 15:00
Superheroes
Family day at Maihaugen
Maihaugen
Urban Legend
POW! ZAP! BOOM! BAM! Bring your whole family to Maihaugen and experience a day full of performances, dance, activities and workshops. We get to meet both classic and modern superheroes through the storytelling of Trygve Ramnefjell, one of Norway’s very best literature publishers. Here, both Pippi, Håndbok for Superhelter (Handbook for Superheroes) and Captain Supertruse are represented. Children are given the chance to create their own superhero together with Josef Yohannes, the creator of the international success The Urban Legend, and there will be a concert with the musical superheroes Meg og Kammeraten Min. Many local culture schools and amateur groups will be contributing to the event, and there will be theater, concerts, a tattoo parlour with superhero emblems, races with superhero themes and much more! 65,-/135,- | Free entry for pass holders
Races
SUNDAY
13:00 to 14:00
Sunday Lunch Søndre Park
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In the book Ten Knives in the Heart, Norwegian and Icelandic writers have been challenged to rewrite episodes from the Sagas. We have invited Simon Stranger and Sigmund Løvåsen to read their contributions. Gunnar Klinge reads from Veien til Nattens Ende, and the Iranian poet Mehdi Mousavi, who is also a City of Refuge writer in Lillehammer, reads his poems in Persian, along with Norwegian translations. Free | In collaboration with Norsk PEN
18:00 to 19:00
I just know
The last performance
Kulturhuset Banken, Festsalen
A concert performance with the songs by Edith Piaf and the poetry of Jon Fosse. Unmistakably different, but common to Piaf and Fosse is an expression of love existing as an independent force that simply exists almost independent of man’s actions. One sings it unfiltered, the other conjures it up from the depths. Jon Fosse’s poetry is set to music by Arnhild Vik and will be premiered during this year’s festival. Starring: Eline Holbø Wendelbo - lyrics and voice, Arnhild Vik composition and piano, Sigurd Tingstad accordion/accordéon musette. 300,–
Edith Piaf
SUNDAY
Exhibition
To enclose oneself IN SIGRID UNDSET ’S HOUSE THERE ARE MANY ROOMS
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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One hundred years ago, in 1919, Nobel prize-winner Sigrid Undset relocated to Bjerkebæk, a house in the town of Lillehammer. For Undset, ‘home’ was a fundamental part of life’s development; in both her literature and her life, ‘home’ played a decisive role. The title of this exhibition – To Enclose Oneself – comes from Undset herself, describing the joys of creating one’s own place of residence. In the original Norwegian, Undset played on words, creating a double meaning that referred to both the satisfaction of making a home for her family, and also in finding a place to hide away from the pressures of the outside world. The exhibition will house objects both artistic and cultural that formed the framework of Undset’s taste and ideology – including pieces from Carl Larsson, Prince Eugen, William Morris, Agnes Slott-Møller, Gerhard Munthe and contemporary artists Hedevig Anker and Christian Partos. Free with festival pass | Host: Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
Exhibition
Festival exhibition with Håvard Vikhagen Galleri Zink
Håvard Vikhagen is one of Norway’s foremost artists. He is primarily a painter and excelled in his early career as a representative of the Neo-expressionistic movement. Since 1985, Vikhagen has established himself as one of the country›s most important painters within the expressionist genre. He is best known for his colourful, intense and textural paintings, using powerful and abstract Western landscapes and lyrical depictions, however his more recent work has also integrated humanity into his work to a greater extent, something that this exhibition will demonstrate. Free
Exhibition
Most Beautiful Books of the Year Litteraturhuset Lillehammer
The winning books in the Most Beautiful Books of the Year competition can be found on display here. The competition is organized by Grafill, fuelled by a desire to encourage publishers, writers, designers and illustrators to create quality books in all genres. The jury will present prizes to the worthy winners of 14 different categories, representing the most important players in book design and illustration art. Free | Host: Lillehammer library in collaboration with Grafill
SEMINARS
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Seminar
GERMAN JOURNALISTS IN LILLEHAMMER 2019 is Norway›s year to be Guests of Honour in Frankfurt. To reach a German-speaking audience, work with the press is essential. This year, as before, German journalists are invited to Norway to experience Norwegian literature and culture. They will also be the possibility togain insight into the literary system here through participation the festival programme, as well as meetings with authors and key figures in the Norwegian book industry.
Organizer: NORLA and the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin
Seminar
INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHER SEMINAR NORLA and the Norwegian Publishers› Association have for several years invited foreign publishers to a seminar on Norwegian literature at the Norwegian Festival of Literature. This year the event was advertised as an open fellowship, and the interest generated was overwhelming. Participants will be representing Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, Germany and the United States. The publishers will be presented to a group of Norwegian fiction writers, along with taking part in various other activities. The seminar is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Organizer: NORLA and The Norwegian Publishers Association
Seminar
GERMAN AND SWISS BOOK RETAILERS TO LILLEHAMMER Norway is the Guest of Honour at this year›s book fair in Frankfurt. NORLA invites ten book retailers from Germany and Switzerland to Norway to learn about Norwegian fiction and non-fiction and the literary system. NORLA›s bookshop strategy aims to make Norwegian literature better known in Germany through local bookstores, and to give the participants knowledge and interest in Norwegian literature. They will meet several authors and illustrators who will speak about the German translations of their work and to share their experience and knowledge, and that of their Norwegian colleagues. Organizer: NORLA and Norwegian Booksellers Association
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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Festival Office: Lillehammer Cinema, Kirkegata 69.Open: May 20th, 10:00 to 17:00, May 21th to 24th 09:00 to 20:00, May 25th 10:00 to 18:00 and May 26th 12:00 to 15:00. Phone + 47 970 11 516. tickets
Please buy tickets or a Festival pass ahead of the event at www.litteraturfestival.no, at Gravdahl Bokhandel or at our Festival Office. Online ticket sale closes 30min before an event and door sales open 20min prior to the event.
PASS*
Festival pass NOK 1990, – (Student NOK 990, –) Day pass NOK 890, –
Important for pass holders
*Passes must be traded for a wrist band at the Festival Office. *The Pass entitles the bearer admission to all events, capacity permitting. *Following the purchase of a Festival Pass you will be sent a promo code that enables you to buy a «garantiticket» This ticket will guarantee entrance. Show your pass together with the ticket at the door.
Certified companions
Entrance is free of charge for certified companions but please send a mail to post@litteraturfestival.no to advise your choice of events. The accompanied individual must purchase an ordinary ticket.
BOoK SALes and signing
The Festival bookstore Gravdahl will offer books for sale and signing where indicated.
other
The programme may be subject to change. The organizers cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions in the programme information.
PEGASUS – FOR children and youth All events for children and youth are free, except the family day at Maihaugen, however larger groups need to registrer at pegasus@ litteraturfestival.no.
overnight accommodation
We are a big Festival in a small city, so book your hotel early! First Hotel Breiseth 61 24 77 77 Scandic Victoria Hotel 61 27 17 00 Scandic Lillehammer Hotel 61 28 60 00 Mølla Hotell 61 05 70 80 Clarion Collection Hammer Hotel 61 26 73 73 Birkebeineren Hotel & Apartments 61 05 00 80 Stasjonen 61 26 00 24
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Tlf: + 47 970 11 516 | post@litteraturfestival. no | Postboks 4, 2601 Lillehammer | www. litteraturfestival.no | Invoice to be sent as a pdf to 979454562@autoinvoice.no PHOTO RIGHTS Festival Tent: Foto Rosel Svare. Garden party: Åge Solheim. Slimani, Leila: Catherine Hélie, Editions Gallimard. Petterson: Baard Henriksen. Han Kang: Park Jaehong. Kikodze, Archil: Levan Kherkheulidze. Pegasus: Øystein Nordås. Young, Vidgis Hjorth: Elisabeth Rom Haugerud. Zeniter, Alice: Astrid de Crollanlanza, Flammarion. Townsend, Jessica: Emma Nayler. Debate in the library: Caroline Strømhylden. Farnam, Benyamin, Elsanov Islam and Ekhtesari, Fatemeh: Tine Poppe, Aschehoug. Elkin , Lauren: Marianne Kaster, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Liking, Werewere: IssamZ TruthBird. Kerangal, Maylis de: Catherine Hélie, Editions Gallimard. Mathieu, Nicolas: Bertrand Jamot. D'bi Anitafrika: Che Kothari. Freeman, John: Øystein Nordås. Han Kang: Lee Chunhee. Daoud, Kamel: Claude Truong Ngoc. Lunch in the park: Therese Bendiksen. Snyder, Timothy: Ine Gundersveen. Etwebi, Ashur: ICORN. Race: Mette Banken.
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