Welcome to the brilliant author Geir Angell Øygarden! “Odysseus’s Oar” is a captivating, narrative non -fiction, praised by the critics and one of NORLA’s Selected Titles this spring. “Prose marked by its unpredictability and wit, and a framework of understanding quite without parallel in Norwegian literature” wrote Tom Egil Hverven in Klassekampen. A great pleasure to follow this original book out in the world!
“Piège à loup” (Ulvefellen) came out in French earlier this month and “Felsengrund” (Ingen skal drukne), the second book in Aslak’s best-selling Falck Trilogy, just launched in Germany.
Strengthening its Scandinavian presence, Winje Agency welcomes Swedish agent Sofia Odsberg to the team. Odsberg brings with her award-winning authors Lina Wolff and Mirja Unge.
German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel has been awarded the inaugural Fosse Prize for Translators. ’Hinrich has been instrumental in bringing not only the work of Jon Fosse, but of many outstanding Norwegian authors, to German readers—and for that, we are eternally grateful,’ says Gina Winje.
Chiquitita is heading to Germany, where it will be published by the prestigious Luchterhand Literaturverlag, and the UK, where it will be one of the first books the brand-new Akoya Publishing will be launching with.
The second book in Ruth Lillegraven’s thrilling “Clara”-series, “Blood Ties” (“Dunkler Abgrund”, Ullstein Verlag, tr. Günther Frauenlob) is hitting it out of the park in Germany since launching a couple of months ago!