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News archive
Granted translation support, fall 2005 [09.12.05]
In a meeting November 13-14, Nordbok treated 166 applications for translation
support. See the list of titles receiving translation
grants.
Connection Barents - a cross art collaboration
in everyday life [09.12.05]
Join the artistic expeditions through the borderlands of Norway, Finland,
Sweden and Russia; the Barents region. From June 17 to July 2, 2006 a
2 week inter-disciplinary laboratory and symposium takes place at the
very top of the Nordic countries. Professional artists within the fields
of visual arts, music, literature and performing arts are invited to check-in
before February 6, 2006. Connection Barents is brought to you by the four
Nordic Art committees Nifca, NordBok, Nomus and NordScen and the Norwegian
art institution Pikene på Broen. Read more about Connection
Barents
Nominations for the Nordic Council Literature
Prize [09.12.05]
The names of the 12 candidates for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
2006 were released December 1. The prize winner will be announced on a
press conference in Oslo February 24. Nordbok and the Nordic Council will
give a seminar about Nordic literature and the literature prize the day
before, Thursday February 23.
See
the list of the nominees
Nordboks's translation support [01.11.05]
For the deadline October 1, Nordbok received 121 applications for inter-Nordic
translation support. 42 applications were sent in for the Baltic/Russian
support scheme. The applications will be treated within Nordbok November
13-14, and an answer will sent to the applicants as soon as possible after
the meeting.
Translation support - application deadline October 1 [12.09.05]
October 1 is Nordbok's next application deadline. One might apply for
translation support between the Nordic languages, and between the Nordic
and the Baltic languages/Russian as well as for translator's stipend (translations
from Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian).
Read more
Nordbok is moving [04.07.05]
Nordbok will be moving to new premises in July. Our postal address, telephone
number, and e-mail will remain the same, but our new visiting address
will be Observatoriegata 1B, 0254 Oslo. Due to the process of moving and
to summer holidays, unfortunately we might not be able to answer to your
inquieries until after August 1.
Granted funding from Nordbok spring 2005 [04.07.05]
In a meeting May 30 -31, Nordbok treated 29 applications for project funding,
2 applications for translator's stipends and 133 applications for inter-Nordic
translation support. See the list of titles and projects receiving translation
support and project
funding respectively.
Translation support and project funding - application
deadline April 1 [08.02.05]
April 1 is Nordbok's next application deadline. One might apply for translation
support between the Nordic languages, for translator's stipend (translations
from Greenlandic, Faeroese and Sami) and for project funding for Nordic
literature and library projects.
Read more
Granted translation support fall 2004 [02.12.04]
In a meeting November 15 and 16, Nordbok treated 103 applications for
inter-Nordic translation support, 38 applications for the support of translations
between the Nordic and the Baltic languages and Russian, and finally 6
applications for translator's stipend. A list of the translations that
were granted support can be found here.
Nordic Council Literature Prize 2005 [02.12.04]
The names of the authors nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
2005 were released December 1. The winner will be announced at the end
of February 2005, and the prize will be awarded at the Nordic Council
session in Reykjavík, Iceland, in late October 2005.
Read
more
Nordic Critic's Prize to Norwegian critic
[29.09.04]
In connection with the presentation of the yearbook Nordic Literature
2004, with literary criticism as its main theme, the editors launched
the Nordic Council's Unofficial Criticism Award. The winner received her
prize at the Gothenburgh Book Fair, and her name is Ane Farsethås
and works as a literary critic for the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.
Read
more
Campaigning for Criticism [21.09.2004]
The yearbook Nordic Literature 2004 will be launched this week at the
Gothenburg Book Fair. The main theme of this year's edition is literary
criticism and criticism as a literary practice. The editors of the yearbook
have decided to launch the Nordic Council's Unofficial Criticism Award.
They have nominated ten candidates, who are given the task of reviewing
the nominated authors for the Nordic Council's Literary Prize of 2004.
The winner of the award will be announced at the book fair. Another main
theme in the yearbook is Nordic drama, and you can also read an interview
with the winner of the Nordic Council's Literary Prize 2004, the Finnish
author Kari Hotakainen. Furthermore, you'll find articles i.e. about the
dominance of the realistic novel in Sweden and about Sámi literature
in Finland. Nordic Literature 2004 is electronically available at these
pages.
TRANSLATION GRANT- Application
deadline October 1 [26.07.2004]
Twice a year, Nordbok grants financial support for the translation of
Nordic literature. Once a year, Nordbok also supports the translation
of Baltic and Russian literature into the Nordic languages and vice versa.
The next application deadline is October 1.
Read more
