LIVE: Meet the nominees of the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize

De nominerede til Nordisk Råds litteraturpris 2021

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Mette Agger Tang/norden.org

Welcome to a brand new series of livestreamed author discussions with the nominees of the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize. This year’s nominees span the entire Nordic Region with works from all countries and language areas. In each episode, we meet two of the nominated authors who will talk about their work and read selected parts.

The nominees for 2021 represent a strong field of fiction that, in terms of content, spans writing on wet paper, the decay of capitalism, and lust that goes up in smoke on the Scandinavian Star. Thanks to the works’ linguistic presence, socio-realistic relationships are portrayed at an uncompromisingly quick pace. In addition, the nominated works include an offer of survival methods, a valley filled with plastic flowers, and an apocalyptic text about the future of the planet.

The works comprise nine novels, four poetry collections, and one collection of short stories. Of their authors, Niviaq Korneliussen, Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Andrzej Tichý, Inga Eira Ravna, and Vigdis Hjorth have all been nominated previously.

The author discussions will be broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube every week starting on 14 April.