Nordic Prize Nominations
I mentioned this yesterday in passing, but the nominations for this year’s Nordic Literature Prize have recently been announced. And yes, despite the intro paragraph reference to 2005, these are all books published in Nordic countries during 2008. Aside from Petterson, there are only a couple authors on this list ...
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Nordic Prize and Norwegian Critics Awards
This is kind of old news now, but earlier this month the 2008 Nordic Literature Prize was awarded to Naja Marie Aidt of Denmark for her short story collection Bavian (The Baboon). According to the prize committee: “The 15 short stories in Bavian (Baboon) are based in a world that appears indistinguishable from ...
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