Tarjei Vesaas in Translation

August 27th-29th the festival Vinjedagane will take place at the Vinje Centre in Telemark, Norway. This years’ program will have a special focus on Vesaas and translations of his work.

During the last few years a number of Vesaas’ books have been (re)translated into a number of languages. Four Vesaas-translators will participate and talk about translation of Vesaas: Anne Lande Peters (Japanese), Marina Heide (French), Kirsti Baggethun (Spanish) and Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (German). Moderator is Senior adviser Oliver Møystad from NORLA.
Excerpts from films based on the books and an interview with the author himself will be shown.

About the event (in Norwegian)

Visit the Vinje Centre/Vinjesenteret (in Norwegian)

Upcoming activities

June 16-June 19

Oslo, Norway

Fellowship in Oslo (Non-fiction literature)

NORLA has the pleasure of inviting foreign publishers and editors of non-ficiton literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 16 – 19.

June 25

The Hague, Netherlands

Highlighting Norwegian fiction in The Netherlands

On Thursday, 25 June, NORLA and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in The Hague will host a seminar for Dutch publishers focusing on contemporary Norwegian fiction.
NORLA’s Selected Spring Titles will be presented by NORLA’s representative, as well as by Norwegian literary agents, and Dutch translators. The presentations will be followed by a speed-dating session with publishers.

After the seminar there will be a reception for invited guests celebrating Paula Stevens, winner of the 2026 Fosse Prize for Translators of Norwegian Literature.

August 1

Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad

NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.