Tag: authors
Stoltenberg scolded over book royalties
While NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was hosting and taking part in a series of important meetings in Brussels and Munich last week, he had to...
Jon Fosse wins German honour
Acclaimed author and playwright Jon Fosse has won the 2016 Willy Brandt award for his work to promote relations between Norway and Germany, the...
Jagland soon to tell his tale
Thorbjørn Jagland kept quiet during all the recent fuss around the book released by his former rival within the Norwegian Labour Party, the current NATO chief...
Bergen’s former mayor unloads
Trude Drevland was being called everything from a "drama queen" to a bitter and disgraced politician after she released her new book this week entitled...
Holberg Prize honours Shakespeare scholar
Stephen Greenblatt, one of the world's great Shakespeare scholars, said he has no idea what he'll do with all the money attached to the Holberg...
Fassbender to star in film version of Nesbø book
Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender has landed the role of police inspector Harry Hole in the upcoming version of Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's crime novel Snømannen (The...
Norway to mount major author promotion
The Norwegian Parliament approved spending NOK 30 million (USD 3.4 million) this week to fund a major promption at the world's largest book fair...
Fosse finally wins Nordic Council nod
Renowned Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse said he was "very glad and grateful" that he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for 2015. Many...
‘Highs and lows’ for Norwegian Air boss
Bjørn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air, finally finished the book he'd been writing about himself and the airline he founded. Entitled Høyt og lavt (High...
Authors mourn death of Mankell
Norwegian authors were mourning the death this week of Swedish author Henning Mankell, saying he'd been an inspiration for their own work and helped pave...
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