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Ibsen prizewinner gives up proceeds

The controversial winner of this year's International Ibsen Award, Austrian author Peter Handke, feels he has received an "unfriendly" reception in Norway after being met with...

Crime authors making a killing

The Scandinavian Noir genre is alive and well, with top authors Jo Nesbø, Tom Egeland and Hanne Kristin Rohde topping the Norwegian bestseller lists...

Knausgård lauded in the US

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård was hailed as a genius during his New York book tour last week, marking the US release of his...

Artists win local gratitude

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø and the comedy-singing duo Ylvis have both won awards for helping put Oslo and Norway on the literary and musical...

Poet wins prestigious literature prize

Stavanger-based poet Øyvind Rimbereid was announced the winner of the 2013 Gyldendalprisen on Wednesday, a long-running literature award presented for "especially significant writing." The...

Crown princess rolls on literary train

Crown Princess Mette-Marit opted against higher education when she finished high school, but has suddenly emerged as a champion of literature who's spreading a...

Sather biography out in English

The biography of one of Norway's most successful immigrants, who helped found the University of California at Berkeley, is making its US debut in...

Norway mourns three losses

Norway's cultural and academic circles were in mourning this week after the deaths of three well-known and respected media and  music experts on the...

Man arrested for burning Knausgård book

A 37-year-old man was arrested in Malmø, Sweden after he set fire to a book by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård in a local...

Sailors finally win wartime salute

A series of novels about a fictional Norwegian seafarer during World War II is topping bestseller lists in Norway, and finally giving the country's...
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