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Louisiana Literature Festival is an annual literary festival which takes place around the third weekend of August at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 35 km (22 mi) north of
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. The festival began in 2010, and each year it features around forty writers from all over the world over a span of four days. Situated throughout the museum and the sculpture garden, the festival encompasses
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and critics, readings and various performances.


Background

Since the opening in 1958,
literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
has played a special and vital role at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Through the years the museum has welcomed writers and literary events on the same scale as other art forms such as
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and
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. Nordic poetry days have been held at Louisiana, which in the 1980s became a meeting forum for dissident writers from
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. In 1992 Louisiana also saw the first public appearance by
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following his fatwa and subsequent years of living in hiding. In November 1988
Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her ...
visited Louisiana and stated to a newspaper: "I loved Louisiana. The atmosphere is so special, democratic in a good way, friendly and radiant with love of art and nature. A kind of model for what a good society could be – both very open and welcoming and in addition of very high standard. As a rule a high level shuts people out, and openness has a tendency to lower the standard. But you have something that does not make compromises but is at the same time for all. The world should be full of Louisianas – and I don't just mean museums!"


Festival experience

In connection with their participation in the festival, writers have stated: *
Ali Smith Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting". Early life and education Smith was born in Inverness on 24 Au ...
: “I think that the bringing together of writers and public in a space, which is about art, is the whole gift of this place (…), as soon as you put the arts, different arts, together something transformative happens, you know all the borders get crossed”. * Patti Smith: “There has been such warmth from the people. Such big gatherings. So much enthusiasm. (…) It’s been stimulating. Everything that I am interested in, I found someone that can teach me something”. *
Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Da ...
: “I have been a true fan of this place for many years, and this has been a genuinely fine experience. I also met very nice and interested colleagues”. *
Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works ''Eatin ...
: “I would mention to people, friends of mine, artists, writers, that I was coming and many of them said that this was their favourite museum in the world, and it’s easy to understand why. It’s a very unique place”. *
Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a British-American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. Early life and education Taiye Selasi was born in Lond ...
: “The scenery is exquisite and it’s small. And I think the two things put together mean you have this really intimate experience here”.


Audio walks

Each year, authors are invited to write about works from the Louisiana Museum's collection and spaces at the museum. In connection with the festival, the texts are presented as literary sound experiments in the form of audio walks. Contributing writers include Anne Carson,
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,
Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella ''Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007), a novel ''Open City'' (2011), an essay collection ''Known and Strange Things'' (20 ...
,
Kenneth Goldsmith Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) is an American poetry, poet and critic. He is the founding editor of UbuWeb and since 2020 is the ongoing artist-in-residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW) at the University of Pennsylvani ...
,
Kiran Desai Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel ''The Inheritance of Loss'' won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most ...
and
Tomomi Adachi is a Japanese vocal and electronics performer, composer, and instrument builder. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jaap Blonk, Nicolas Collins, Carl Stone, Noah Creshevsky, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ute Wassermann, Jenni ...
.


Louisiana Channel

Videos from the festival are made available through
Louisiana Channel Louisiana Channel is a non-profit web-TV channel based at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark. By the end of the first year, 28 November 2013, Louisiana Channel had published 130 videos featuring international artists, film m ...
, the English-language web-TV channel.


Selected conversations on stage

*
Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include ''The Blindfold'' (1992), ''The Ench ...
and
Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...
. *
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
and Tomas Espedal. * Richard Ford and
Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...
. *
Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a British-American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. Early life and education Taiye Selasi was born in Lond ...
and Colum McCann. * Adonis and
Ibrahim al-Koni Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm Kūnī) ( ar, ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists. Biography Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, ...
. *
Leonardo Padura Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often refe ...
and
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. *
Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works ''Eatin ...
and Jeffrey Eugenides.


Selected writers on stage

* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. * Alaa al-Aswany. *
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...
. * Lydia Davis. *
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
. * Chris Kraus. *
Ian McEwan Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
. *
Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...
. *
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...
. * Patti Smith. *
Zadie Smith Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She has been a tenured professor ...
.


Selected performances

*
Tomomi Adachi is a Japanese vocal and electronics performer, composer, and instrument builder. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jaap Blonk, Nicolas Collins, Carl Stone, Noah Creshevsky, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ute Wassermann, Jenni ...
. * Laurie Anderson. * Anne Carson.


Backstage interviews

* Adonis. *
César Aira César Aira ( Argentine Spanish: ; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short book ...
. * Svetlana Alexievich. *
Hiromi Itō is one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name. She divides her time between the to ...
. * Claudio Magris. * Javier Marías. *
Péter Nádas Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist. Biography He was born in Budapest into a Jewish family, the son of László Nádas (originally Nussbaum) and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hunga ...
. *
Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is a LAMBDA Literary Award-winning American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. No ...
. * Sally Rooney. *
Samanta Schweblin Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine Spanish-language author currently living in Berlin. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ...
meets Valeria Luiselli. *
Ngugi wa Thiong’o Ngugi or Ngũgĩ is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: *Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), Kenyan playwright *Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), Kenyan writer *David Mwaniki Ngugi, Kenyan politician and member of the National Assembly of Kenya *Jo ...
. * Olga Tokarczuk.


Writers exploring art at the Louisiana

*
Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include ''The Blindfold'' (1992), ''The Ench ...
on the experience of art. *
Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...
on Giacometti. * Daniel Kehlmann, James McBride and
Sjón image:Sjon litteratureXchange-2019 DSC09264.jpg, 260px, Sjón at LiteratureXchange Festival ín Aarhus (Denmark 2019) Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( ; ; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his firs ...
on Olafur Eliasson’s installation Riverbed.


Louisiana Literature 2019-2010


2019

Featuring Molly Balsby (DK), Thomas Boberg (DK), Mathilde Walter Clark (DK), Robert Crumb (US),
Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 201 ...
(US), Rachel Cusk (UK), Tomas Espedal (NO),
Matias Faldbakken Matias Faldbakken (born 1973 in Hobro, Denmark) is a Norwegian artist and writer. Faldbakken studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken, father of ...
(NO), Karen Fastrup (DK), Kristian Bang Foss (DK), C.Y. Frostholm (DK), Roxane Gay (US),
Lisa Halliday Lisa Halliday (born July 12, 1976) is an American author and novelist. She is most known for her novel ''Asymmetry'', for which she received a Whiting Award in 2017. Life Halliday was born and grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts, in a working-c ...
(US),
Isabella Hammad Isabella Mariam S. Hammad is a British-Palestinian author. In 2023, she was included on the ''Granta'' Best of Young British Novelists list. Biography Hammad grew up in Acton, West London. Her Palestinian father, whose family were from Nablus, ...
(UK), Helle Helle (DK), Christina Hesselholdt (DK), Michel Houellebecq (FR), Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen (DK), René Jean Jensen (DK), Anna Juul (DK),
László Krasznahorkai László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' ...
(HU), Jens Kæmpe (DK), Amalie Langballe (DK), Jørgen Leth (DK), Johannes Lilleøre (DK), Pablo Llambías (DK),
Mazen Maarouf Mazen Marrouf (Arabic: مازن معروف) is a Palestinian–Icelandic writer, translator, journalist and poet, born in 1978. He has more than five publications, and translated many novels from Icelandic into Arabic including the novels of se ...
(LB), Mette Moestrup (DK),
Sayaka Murata Sayaka Murata (村田沙耶香 ''Murata Sayaka''; born August 14, 1979) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize. Biography Murata ...
(JP), Madame Nielsen (DK), Henrik Nordbrandt (DK), Ben Okri (NI/UK), Shahrnush Parsipur (IR), Per Petterson (NO), Dy Plambeck (DK), Peter Poulsen (DK),
Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is an American poet, essayist, playwright and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, '' Citizen: An American L ...
(US), Elif Shafak (TR/UK), Manu Sareen (DK),
Sjón image:Sjon litteratureXchange-2019 DSC09264.jpg, 260px, Sjón at LiteratureXchange Festival ín Aarhus (Denmark 2019) Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( ; ; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his firs ...
(IS), Nicolaj Stochholm (DK), Kristina Stoltz (DK), Nanna Storr-Hansen (DK),
Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...
(SE), Eva Tind (DK),
Anne Waldman Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activ ...
(US), Dorrit Willumsen (DK), Nikolaj Zeuthen (DK) Performances by Claus Hempler (DK), Henrik Nordbrandt & Channe Nussbaum (DK), Katarzyna Fetlińska (PL), Lise Westzynthius & Bjørn Rasmussen (DK), BMS (Dorte Limkilde, Mette Kierstein, Ronja Jacobsen, Fine Gråbøl), Den Sorte Skole (DK) Audio Walks by Richard Ford (US), Georgi Gospodinov (BG), Hiromi Ito (JP), Tahar Ben Jelloun (MA), Peter Laugesen (DK), Guadalupe Nettel (MX), Chigozie Obioma (NI), Colm Tóibín (IR), Gunnhild Øuyehaug (NO)


2018

Featuring Vita Andersen (DK), Johannes Anyuru (SE), Emma Bess (DK), Anne Carson (CA),
Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella ''Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007), a novel ''Open City'' (2011), an essay collection ''Known and Strange Things'' (20 ...
(US/NI),
CAConrad CAConrad (born 1966) is an American poet, professor, and the author of seven books. They were based in Philadelphia and later Asheville, North Carolina and Athens, Georgia. Early life CAConrad was born January 1, 1966, in Topeka, Kansas, and ...
(US), Niels Fredrik Dahl (NO), Pernille Abd-El Dayem (DK), Jonas Eika (DK), Mariana Enriquez (AR), Niels Frank (DK),
Georgi Gospodinov Georgi Gospodinov ( bg, Георги Господинов; born January 7, 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. One of the most translated Bulgarian authors after 1989, he has four poetry books awarded with national literary prizes. ...
(BG), Katrine Marie Guldager (DK), Helle Helle (DK), Merete Pryds Helle (DK),
Hiromi Itō is one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name. She divides her time between the to ...
(JP),
Tahar Ben Jelloun Tahar Ben Jelloun ( ar, الطاهر بن جلون; born in Fes, Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel ''L’Enfant de Sab ...
(MA),
Pia Juul Pia Juul (; 30 May 196230 September 2020) was a Danish poet, prose writer, and translator. She received several prizes and was a member of the Danish Academy. She also taught at the writing school ''Forfatterskolen'' in Copenhagen. Biography ...
(DK), Daniel Kehlmann (AU/DE),
Jan Kjærstad Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author.Jan Kjærstad
in Christian Kracht (CH),
Peter Laugesen Peter Laugesen (born 5 March 1942 in Copenhagen) is a Danish poet and playwright and was member of the Situationist International. Peter Laugesen lives in Aarhus and he graduated from Aarhus Cathedral School in 1961 and trained as a typograph ...
(DK),
Kim Leine Kim Leine Rasmussen (28 August 1961 in Seljord, Telemark) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes about Greenland. In 2013, he was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for the novel ''The Prophets of Eternal Fjord''. Bibliography No ...
(DK),
Svend Åge Madsen Svend Åge Madsen ( born 2 November 1939) is a Danish novelist. He studied mathematics before he began writing fiction. His novels are generally philosophical and humorous. Several of his works have been made into films in Denmark. His writings ...
(DK), Javier Marías (ES), Julie Mendel (DK),
Péter Nádas Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist. Biography He was born in Budapest into a Jewish family, the son of László Nádas (originally Nussbaum) and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hunga ...
(HU),
Guadalupe Nettel Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973) is a Mexican writer. She has published four novels, including ''The Body Where I Was Born'' (2011) and '' After the Winter'' (2014). She won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero and the Premio Herralde liter ...
(MX), Dorthe Nors (DK), Morten Pape (DK), Olga Ravn (DK), Knud Romer (DK), Sally Rooney (IR), Leonora Christina Skov (DK), Domenico Starnone (IT), Yoko Tawada (JP), Hanne Højgaard Viemose (DK),
Delphine de Vigan Delphine de Vigan (born 1 March 1966) is a French novelist. Life and career De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, ''Jours sans faim'' (2001), was p ...
(FR), Joakim Vilandt (DK), Harald Voetmann (DK), Jepser Wung-Sung (DK), Theis Ørntoft (DK),
Gunnhild Øyehaug Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 9 January 1975, Volda, Norway) is a Norwegian poet, writer and lecturer. Literary career She made her literary debut in 1998 with a collection of poems "Slaven av blåbæret" (t: Slave of the Blueberry). Her second book, ...
(NO). Performances by Ars Nova (DK), Kira Skov (DK), Lars Skinnebach &
Goodiepal Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose given name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a Danish/Faroese experimental electronic musician, performance artist, composer and lecturer, as well as a self-described horologist. His work engag ...
(DK), Anne Carson (CA), Orlando by Elisa Kragerup (DK),
Peter Laugesen Peter Laugesen (born 5 March 1942 in Copenhagen) is a Danish poet and playwright and was member of the Situationist International. Peter Laugesen lives in Aarhus and he graduated from Aarhus Cathedral School in 1961 and trained as a typograph ...
(DK). Reading for children by Anne Sofie Hammer (DK). Audio walks by Anne Carson (CA),
Inger Christensen Inger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation. Life and work Born in the town of Vejle, on the eastern J ...
(DA), Adda Djørup (DK), Caroline Albertine Minor (DK), Iben Mondrup (DK), Andreas Pedersen (DK), Lars Skinnebach (DK), Yoko Tawada (JP).


2017

Featuring Lone Aburas (DK), Peter Adolphsen (DK), Naja Marie Aidt (DK), Svetlana Alexievich (BY),
Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...
(US), Thomas Boberg (DK),
Suzanne Brøgger Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith (born 18 November 1944 in open) is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book ''Fri os fra kærligheden'' has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danis ...
(DK),
Álvaro Enrigue Álvaro Enrigue (born 6 August 1969 in Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Enrigue is the author of six novels, three books of short stories, and one book of essays. Early life The son of Jorge Enrigue ...
(MX), Christina Hagen (DK), Ida Marie Hede (DK), Maria Helleberg (DK), Christina Hesselholdt (DK),
Vigdis Hjorth Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She was long listed for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, National book Award. Life She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science. I ...
(NO), Yu Hua (CH),
Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include ''The Blindfold'' (1992), ''The Ench ...
(US), Josefine Klougart (DK),
Linda Boström Knausgård Linda Boström Knausgård (born 15 October 1972 in Boo, Sweden) is a Swedish author and poet. She debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection ''Gör mig behaglig för såret''. Her critical breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection ' ...
(SE), Thomas Korsgaard (DK), Chris Kraus (US), Jørgen Leth (DK), Pablo Llambías (DK),
Édouard Louis Édouard Louis (born Eddy Bellegueule; 30 October 1992) is a French writer. Biography Édouard Louis, born Eddy Bellegueule was born and raised in the town of Hallencourt in northern France, which is the setting of his first novel, the autobi ...
(FR), Valeria Luiselli (MX), Viggo Madsen (DK), Imbolo Mbue (CM),
Ib Michael Ib Michael (born 1945 in Roskilde, Denmark) is a Danish novelist and poet. His writing style has been described as magic realism. He attended the University of Copenhagen, where he studied Central American and Indian Language and Culture. Michae ...
(DK), Caroline Albertine Minor (DK),
Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is a LAMBDA Literary Award-winning American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. No ...
(US),
Jenny Offill Jenny Offill (born 1968) is an American novelist and editor. Her novel ''Dept. of Speculation'' was named one of "The 10 Best Books of 2014" by ''The New York Times Book Review''. Early life Jenny Offill is the only child of two private-school ...
(US), Andreas Pedersen (DK), Cia Rinne (SE),
Samanta Schweblin Samanta Schweblin (born 1978) is an Argentine Spanish-language author currently living in Berlin. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as ...
(AR), Amalie Smith (DK),
Zadie Smith Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She has been a tenured professor ...
(GB), Nanna Storr-Hansen (DK), Malte Tellerup (DK), Harald Voetmann (DK),
Colson Whitehead Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of eight novels, including his 1999 debut work '' The Intuitionist''; '' The Underground Railroad'' (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Awa ...
(US), Peter-Clement Woetmann (DK). Performances by Laurie Anderson (US),{{Citation, title=Laurie Anderson: A Virtual Reality of Stories, date=2017-09-14, url=http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/laurie-anderson-virtual-reality-stories, language=en-US, access-date=2019-03-27 Nástio Mosquito (AO),
Tomomi Adachi is a Japanese vocal and electronics performer, composer, and instrument builder. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jaap Blonk, Nicolas Collins, Carl Stone, Noah Creshevsky, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ute Wassermann, Jenni ...
(JP), Valby Vokalgruppe (DK). Laurie Anderson's virtual reality work 'Chalkroom' (2017) was installed in the museum cinema during the festival. A couple of weeks later it won for 'Best VR Experience' at the Venice Film festival 2017. Audio walks by Pernille Abd-El Dayem (DK), Claus Handberg (DK), Merete Pryds Helle (DK), Cecilie Lind (DK), Valeria Luiselli (MX), Klaus Lynggaard (DK), Thomas Rydahl (DK), Ursula Scavenius (DK).


2016

Featuring Benny Andersen (DK),
Julian Barnes Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with ''The Sense of an Ending'', having been shortlisted three times previously with '' Flaubert's Parrot'', ''England, England'', and '' Art ...
(UK),
Caroline Bergvall Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) is a French-Norwegian poet who has lived in England since 1989. Her work includes the adaption of Old English and Old Norse texts into audio text and sound art performances. Life and education Born in Hamburg, Germ ...
(NO/FR), Tomas Espedal (NO), Trisse Gejl (DK),
Beate Grimsrud Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 – 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright. Literary career Grimsrud was born in Bærum, Norway and settled in Sweden. Among her books are ''Contine ...
(NO),
Jens Christian Grøndahl Jens Christian Grøndahl (born 9 November 1959 in Lyngby) is a Danish writer. His novel ''An Altered Light'' was shortlisted for the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award. In 1998 he won the Danish booksellers award De Gyldne Laurbær (The G ...
(DK), Merete Pryds Helle (DK), Peder Frederik Jensen (DK),
Erica Jong Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel ''Fear of Flying''. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured pro ...
(DK),
Jonas Hassen Khemiri Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born December 27, 1978) is a Swedish writer. Khemiri is the author of four novels, six plays, and a collection of essays, short stories and plays. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He has received th ...
(SE),
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
(NO), Maja Lucas (DK), Tomas Lagermand Lundme (DK), Hannah Lutz (DK), Klaus Lynggaard (DK), Claudio Magris (IT), Alen Meskovic (DK), Maja Mittag (DK), Jóanes Nielsen (FA),
Chigozie Obioma Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) is a Nigerian writer. He is best known for writing the novels ''The Fishermen'' (2015) and ''An Orchestra of Minorities'' (2019), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize in their respective years of public ...
(NG), Morten Pape (DK), Halfdan Pisket (DK), Bjørn Rasmussen (DK),
Steve Roggenbuck Steve Roggenbuck (born November 11, 1987) is an American poet, blogger, and YouTuber. His works have gained notoriety and mild recognition for their reusing of motifs like typos, lack of punctuation, and exaggerated joy. In 2018, Roggenbuck was a ...
(US), Rike Scheffler (DE), Kristina Stoltz (DK),
Abdellah Taïa Abdellah Taïa ( ar, عبد الله الطايع; born 1973) is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1998. He has published eight novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. Hi ...
(MA), Olga Ravn (DK), Søren Ulrik Thomsen (DK),
Kirsten Thorup Kirsten Thorup is a Danish author. Background and education Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in Cambridge as an au pair, she studied English at the University of Copenhagen. She quit university alre ...
(DK), Olga Tokarczuk (PL),
Linn Ullmann Karin Beate "Linn" Ullmann (born 9 August 1966) is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published six novels. Early life Ullmann was born in Oslo ...
(NO),
Carl-Henning Wijkmark Carl-Henning Wijkmark (21 November 1934 – 4 September 2020) was a Swedish novelist and translator. He made his literary debut in 1972, with the novel ''Jägarna på Karinhall''. Among his other novels are ''Dressinen'' from 1983 and ''Sista dag ...
(SE), Dorrit Willumsen (DK);
Hanya Yanagihara Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974) is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii. She is best known for her bestselling novel ''A Little Life'', which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize, and for being the editor-in-ch ...
(US),
Nell Zink Helen "Nell" Louise Zink (born 1964) is an American writer living in Germany. After being a long term penpal of Avner Shats, she came to prominence in her fifties with the help of Jonathan Franzen and her novel, ''Mislaid'', was longlisted for th ...
(US), Jess Ørnsbo (DK). Performances by Bisse (DK), Lone Hørslev (DK), Jens Blendstrup & Girls in Airports (DK), Ursula Andkjær Olsen & Stense Andrea Lind-Valdan (DK) Poetry maraton by Pejk Malinovski (DK), Kirsten Thorup (DK), Anders Abildgaard (DK), Lea Marie Løppenthin (DK), Klaus Lynggaard (DK), Cecilie Lind (DK), Rasmus Nikolajsen (DK), Ursula Andkjær Olsen (DK), Rasmus Halling Nielsen (DK), Morten Søndergaard (DK), Bjørn Rasmussen (DK), Naja Marie Aidt & Mette Moestrup (DK), Jóanes Nielsen (FA), Peter Laugesen (DK). Audio walks by Caspar Eric (DK), Erica Jong (US), Peter Laugesen (DK), Sidsel Falsig Pedersen (DK), Bjørn Rasmussen (DK), Steve Roggenbuck (US), Hanne Højgaard Viemose (DK), Kirsten Thorup (DK).


2015

Featuring Suzanne Brøgger (DK),
Marie Darrieussecq Marie Darrieussecq (born 3 January 1969, Bayonne) is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst. Her books explore the unspoken and abandoned territories in literature. Her work is dense, marked by a constant ...
(FR), Adda Djørup (DK), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (DE), Caspar Eric (DK), Richard Ford (US),
Jonas Gardell Lars Jonas Holger Gardell (born 2 November 1963) is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books ha ...
(SE), Signe Gjessing (DK), Kenneth Goldsmith (US), Jens Christian Grøndahl (DK), Josefine Gråkjær Nielsen (DK), Kirsten Hamman (DK), Kamilla Hega Holst (DK), Hanne Højgaard Viemose (DK), Carsten Jensen (DK), Niviaq Korneliussen (DK/GR), Rachel Kushner (US), Marianne Larsen (DK),
Kim Leine Kim Leine Rasmussen (28 August 1961 in Seljord, Telemark) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes about Greenland. In 2013, he was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for the novel ''The Prophets of Eternal Fjord''. Bibliography No ...
(DK), Jørgen Leth (DK),
Yan Lianke Yan may refer to: Chinese states * Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan (Han dynasty kingdom), first appearing in 206 BC * Yan (Three Kingdoms kingdom), officially claimed inde ...
(CH), Preben Major Sørensen (DK), Iben Mondrup (DK),
Henrik Nordbrandt Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry c ...
(DK),
Leonardo Padura Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. , he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often refe ...
(CU), Signe Parkins (DK), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (RU), Stine Pilgaard (DK), Olga Ravn (DK), Clemens Setz (AT), Jens Smærup Sørensen (DK),
Vladimir Sorokin Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Соро́кин; born 7 August 1955) is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer and dramatist. He has been described as one of the most popular writers ...
(RU), Rolf Sparre Johansson (DK),
Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...
(SE),
Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...
(IR), Rikke Villadsen (DK), Harald Voetmann (DK),
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Ngugi or Ngũgĩ is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: *Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), Kenyan playwright *Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), Kenyan writer *David Mwaniki Ngugi, Kenyan politician and member of the National Assembly of Kenya *Jo ...
(KE), Christel Wiinblad (DK) Kim Fupz Aakesen (DK). Performances by Sort Samvittighed (DK), Niels Skousen (DK), Synd og Skam (DK), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (RU), Iben Mondrup & Nils Lassen (DK). Audio walk by Peter Adolphsen (DK), Lars Frost (DK), Kenneth Goldsmith (US), Ida Marie Hede (DK), Rasmus Halling Nielsen (DK), Lea Marie Løppenthin (DK), Colm Tóibín (IR), Merete Torp (DK).


2014

Featuring Naja Marie Aidt (DK), Alaa al-Aswany (EG), Lena Andersson (SE),
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...
(CA),
Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella ''Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007), a novel ''Open City'' (2011), an essay collection ''Known and Strange Things'' (20 ...
(NG/US), Lydia Davis (US), Péter Esterházy (HU),
Athena Farrokhzad Athena Farrokhzad (born 23 August 1983) is an Swedish Iranians, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, translator and literary critic. Career Farrokhzad was born in Teheran, Iran, and grew up in the Hammarkullen and Askim areas of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...
(SE), Signe Gjessing (DK), Kristina Nya Glaffey (DK), Katrine Marie Guldager (DK), Helle Helle (DK), Christina Hesselholdt (DK), Hanne-Vibeke Holst (DK), Peter Højrup (DK),
Roy Jacobsen Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection ''Fangeliv'' (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winn ...
(NO), Peder Frederik Jensen (DK), Pia Juul (DK), Daniel Kehlmann (AT/DE), Josefine Klougart (DK), Line Knutzon (DK), Maja Lee Langvad (DK), Lea Marie Løppenthin (DK), Eske K. Mathiesen (DK), James McBride (US),
Philipp Meyer Philipp Meyer is an American fiction writer, and is the author of the novels '' American Rust'' and '' The Son'', as well as short stories published in The New Yorker and other places. Meyer also created and produced the AMC television show ba ...
(US), Mette Moestrup (DK), David Mitchell (UK), Nielsen (DK),
Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...
(RO/DE), Kaspar Colling Nielsen (DK),
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...
(US), Dorthe Nors (DK), Dy Plambeck (DK), Michael Ondaatje (CA),
Sjón image:Sjon litteratureXchange-2019 DSC09264.jpg, 260px, Sjón at LiteratureXchange Festival ín Aarhus (Denmark 2019) Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( ; ; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his firs ...
(IS), Jacob Skyggebjerg (DK), Harald Voetmann (DK),
Herbjørg Wassmo Herbjørg Wassmo (born 6 December 1942) is a Norwegian author. She was born in Vesterålen and worked as a teacher in northern Norway until beginning her career as an author. Her first published work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("B ...
(NO), Theis Ørntoft (DK). Performances by 'Vi Sidder Bare Her' featuring Jørgen Leth (DK), T.S. Høeg and Peter Peter (DK), Skammens Vogn featuring Nikolaj Zeuthen (DK), Fire Konger featuring Jim Black (US) and Peter Laugesen (DK). Audio walk by Lone Aburas (DK), Teju Cole (NG/US), Christina Hagen (DK), Peder Frederik Jensen (DK), Marianne Larsen (DK), Nina Malinovski (DK), Sjón (IS), Theis Ørntoft (DK).


2013

Featuring Anders Abildgaard (DK), Lone Aburas (DK), Peter Adolphsen (DK), Ursula Andkjær Olsen (DK), Johannes Anyuru (SE), Peter Asmussen (DK), Solvej Balle (DK),
Suzanne Brøgger Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith (born 18 November 1944 in open) is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book ''Fri os fra kærligheden'' has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danis ...
(DK), Morten Chemnitz (DK),
Christian Dorph Christian Dorph (born August 27, 1966 in Odense, Denmark) is a Denmark, Danish author. He has written several collections of poems as well as crime fiction. In 1988, Christian Dorph was admitted at the Forfatterskolen (a 2-year artistic educatio ...
(DK), Sidsel Falsig Pedersen (DK), Niels Frank (DK),
Katarina Frostenson Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her servi ...
(SE), Olga Grjasnowa (DE),
Einar Már Guðmundsson Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 18 September 1954 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author of novels, short stories, and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages. Background Guðmundsson grew up in Reykjavík. In 1979 he rece ...
(IS), Katrine Marie Guldager (DK), Erling Jepsen (DK),
Ida Jessen Ida Jessen (born 25 September 1964 in Sønderjylland) is a Danish author and translator who writes in both Danish and Norwegian. Jessen was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize and has won several awards for her work. She is a membe ...
(DK), Janina Katz (DK),
Rune T. Kidde Rune Torstein Kidde (27 September 1957 – 21 October 2013) was a Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist. He was the son of illustrator and painter Thormod Kidde (19 July 1925 – 19 February 1996) and ceramist Ragnhild Kidde (6 March ...
(DK),
Nick Laird Nicholas Laird (born 1975) is a Northern Irish novelist and poet. Education Laird was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, where he attended the local comprehensive school. He then gained entry to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he initia ...
(IE),
Waciny Laredj Waciny Laredj (Arabic: واسيني الأعرج, pronounced Wasini al-A'raj) (born 8 August 1954) is an Algerian novelist, short story writer and academic. Biography Laredj was born in Sidi Bou Jnan in Tlemcen province. He obtained a BA in A ...
(DZ),
Rosa Liksom Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut ...
(FI), Erlend Loe (NO),
Svend Åge Madsen Svend Åge Madsen ( born 2 November 1939) is a Danish novelist. He studied mathematics before he began writing fiction. His novels are generally philosophical and humorous. Several of his works have been made into films in Denmark. His writings ...
(DK), Colum McCann (US),
Ian McEwan Ian Russell McEwan, (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, ''The Times'' featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 19 in its list of th ...
(UK), Caroline Albertine Minor (DK), Iben Mondrup (DK),
Henrik Nordbrandt Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry c ...
(DK), Asta Olivia Nordenhof (DK), Sofi Oksanen (FI),
Antonio Pennacchi Antonio Pennacchi (26 January 1950 – 3 August 2021) was an Italian writer, winner of the Strega Prize in 2010 for his novel, ''Canale Mussolini''. Biography Born in Latina in a family of workers from Umbria (on the paternal side) and of settl ...
(IT), Per Petterson (NO), Hassan Preisler (DK), Bjørn Rasmussen (DK,
Klaus Rifbjerg Klaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film '' 4x4'' which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography Ri ...
(DK), Jonas Rolsted (DK),
Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a British-American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. Early life and education Taiye Selasi was born in Lond ...
(UK), Fredrik Sjöberg (SE),
Zadie Smith Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She has been a tenured professor ...
(UK). Performances by Jenny Hval (NO),
Tomomi Adachi is a Japanese vocal and electronics performer, composer, and instrument builder. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jaap Blonk, Nicolas Collins, Carl Stone, Noah Creshevsky, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ute Wassermann, Jenni ...
(JP), Olof Olsson (DK) and Martin Ryum (DK). Audio walk by
Tomomi Adachi is a Japanese vocal and electronics performer, composer, and instrument builder. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jaap Blonk, Nicolas Collins, Carl Stone, Noah Creshevsky, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Ute Wassermann, Jenni ...
(JP), Thomas Boberg (DK), Mette Moestrup (DK), Asta Olivia Nordenhof (DK), Dy Plambeck (DK), Mikkel Thykier (DK), Harald Voetman (DK),
Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...
(JP/US).


2012

Featuring Naja Marie Aidt (DK),
César Aira César Aira ( Argentine Spanish: ; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short book ...
(ARG), Kristina Bang Foss (DK), Thomas Boberg (DK), Anne Carson (CAN),
Kiran Desai Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel ''The Inheritance of Loss'' won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most ...
(IND),
Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Life and career Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to ps ...
(SE), Tomas Espedal (NO), Jeffrey Eugenides (US), Simon Fruelund (DK), Christina Hagen (DK), Rasmus Halling Nielsen (DK), Christina Hesselholdt (DK),
Alan Hollinghurst Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 2004 Booker Prize. Early life and education H ...
(GB), Christian Jungersen (DK), Pia Juul (DK), Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen (DK), Nicole Krauss (US), Mara Lee (SE),
Kim Leine Kim Leine Rasmussen (28 August 1961 in Seljord, Telemark) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes about Greenland. In 2013, he was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for the novel ''The Prophets of Eternal Fjord''. Bibliography No ...
(DK),
Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of ...
(SE), Hisham Matar (LY), Mette Moestrup (DK), Henning Mortensen (DK), Nielsen (DK), Stine Pilgaard (DK), Olga Ravn (DK), Cia Rinne (SE),
Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works ''Eatin ...
(US),
Judith Schalansky Judith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German writer, book designer and publisher. Work Her book '' Atlas of Remote Islands'' won first prize in the Stiftung Buchkunst's The Most Beautiful German Books competition (German: Die schö ...
(D), Amalie Smith (DK), Patti Smith (US), Jens Smærup Sørensen (DK),
Göran Sonnevi Göran Sonnevi (born 3 October 1939 in Lund, Skåne County) is a Swedish poet and translator. Sonnevi grew up in Halmstad; he studied literature and linguistics at the University of Lund, also getting librarian training. For many years he has li ...
(SE), Morten Søndergaard (DK), Pia Tafdrup (DK), Linn Ullmann (SE), David Vann (US). Performances by Cia Rinne (SE), Dråbers Logik (DK), and Morten Søndergaard and Randi Pontoppidan (DK). Audio walk by Nicole Krauss (US), Kiran Desai (IND), Christel Wiinblad (DK), Olga Ravn (DK), Stine Pilgaard (DK), Eva Tind Kristensen (DK), Mayse Aimo-Boot (DK) and Amalie Smith (DK).


2011

Featuring Adonis (SY),
Ibrahim al-Koni Ibrāhīm al-Kōnī (sometimes translated as Ibrāhīm Kūnī) ( ar, ابراهيم الكوني) is a Libyan writer and is considered to be one of the most prolific Arab novelists. Biography Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ghadamis City, ...
(LY), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (NG),
Kjell Askildsen Kjell Askildsen (30 September 1929 – 23 September 2021) was a Norwegian writer probably best known for his minimalistic short stories. Personal life Askildsen was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen (1898–1982) ...
(N), Jonas T. Bengtsson (DK), Alberto Blanco (MEX),
Linda Boström Knausgård Linda Boström Knausgård (born 15 October 1972 in Boo, Sweden) is a Swedish author and poet. She debuted in 1998 with the poetry collection ''Gör mig behaglig för såret''. Her critical breakthrough came in 2011 with the short-story collection ' ...
(SE), Junot Díaz (DO/US), Gyrdir Eliasson (IS), Lars Frost (DK), Rasmus Graff (DK),
David Grossman David Grossman ( he, דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature. Biography David Grossman was born i ...
(IL), Kirsten Hammann (DK), Helle Helle (DK), Hanne Højgaard Viemose (DK), Carsten Jensen (DK), René Jean Jensen (DK), Josefine Klougart (DK),
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
(NO), Marianne Larsen (DK), Peter Laugesen (DK), Jørgen Leth (DK),
Märta Tikkanen Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Biography Born in Helsinki, she has worked as a reporter for ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki, Master of A ...
(FI), Yiyun Li (CN/US), DBC Pierre (AU), Dy Plambeck (DK), Merete Pryds Helle (DK), Marilynne Robinson (US);
Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major r ...
(NO),
Steve Sem-Sandberg Steve Sem-Sandberg (born 16 August 1958) is a Swedish journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer and translator. He made his literary debut in 1976 with the two science fiction novels ''Sländornas värld'' and ''Sökare i dödsskuggan''. He was aw ...
(SE), Gary Shteyngart (US); Lars Skinnebach (DK), Julie Sten-Knudsen (DK), Nicolaj Stochholm (DK), Morten Søkilde (DK), Søren Ulrik Thomsen (DK),
Kirsten Thorup Kirsten Thorup is a Danish author. Background and education Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in Cambridge as an au pair, she studied English at the University of Copenhagen. She quit university alre ...
(DK),
Ilija Trojanow Ilija Trojanow (Bulgarian: Илия Троянов, also transliterated as Ilya Troyanov; born 23 August 1965 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian–German writer, translator and publisher. Life and literary career Trojanow was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1 ...
(BG/DE),
Dorrit Willumsen Dorrit Willumsen (born 31 August 1940 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen) is a Danish writer. She made her literary debut in 1965 with the short story collection ''Knagen''. She was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1983.Juli Zeh Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge. Biography Her first book was ''Adler und Engel'' (translated into English as ''Eagles and Angels'' by Christine Slenczka), which won the ...
(DE). Performances by Klimakrisen (DK), Yoyooyoy (DK), Always Now Slowly (DK), Tre Konger (DK) and Simona Abdallah (DK). Audio walk featuring Jens Blendstrup (DK), Junot Díaz (DO/US), Line Knutzon (DK), Kristina Nya Glaffey og Maja Lee Langvad (DK), Pejk Malinovski (DK), Gary Shteyngart (RU/US), Morten Søndergaard (DK).


2010

Featuring Naja Marie Aidt (DK), Das Beckwerk (DK), Jens Blendstrup (DK),
Suzanne Brøgger Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith (born 18 November 1944 in open) is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book ''Fri os fra kærligheden'' has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danis ...
(DK), Shane Brox (DK),
Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Life and career Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to ps ...
(S), Tomas Espedal (NO), Tua Forsström (FI), Niels Frank (DK),
Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Da ...
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Hallgrímur Helgason Hallgrímur Helgason (born February 18, 1959, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist. Biography Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic writer and artist, born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on February 18, 1959. He s ...
(IS), Pia Juul (DK), Josefine Klougart (DK),
Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...
(N), Line Knutzon (DK), Eva Tind Kristensen (DK), Martin Larsen (DK), Franck Leibovici (F), Pablo Llambías (DK), John Ajvide Lindqvist (SE), Mette Moestrup (DK), Pejk Malinovski (DK), Flemming Quist Møller (DK),
Henrik Nordbrandt Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry c ...
(DK), Sofi Oksanen (FI), Ursula Andkjær Olsen (DK),
Klaus Rifbjerg Klaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film '' 4x4'' which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography Ri ...
(DK), Knud Romer (DK), Lars Skinnebach (DK), Leonora Christina Skov (DK),
Ali Smith Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting". Early life and education Smith was born in Inverness on 24 Au ...
(UK), Amalie Smith (DK),
Dag Solstad Dag Solstad (born 16 July 1941) is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20 languages. He has written nearly 30 books and is the only author to have received the The Norwegian Critics Prize ...
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Jón Kalman Stefánsson Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 17 December 1963) is an Icelandic author. Biography Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs afte ...
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Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...
(SE), Morten Søndergaard (DK),
Pia Tafdrup Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry. P ...
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Jean-Philippe Toussaint Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won t ...
(B), Kevin Vennemann (D), Theis Ørntoft (DK). Dramatic monologues were played in the museum's cinema:
Primo Levi Primo Michele Levi (; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Jewish Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, collections of short stories, essays, poems and one novel. His best-known works ...
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If This Is a Man ''If This Is a Man'' ( it, Se questo è un uomo ; United States title: ''Survival in Auschwitz'') is a memoir by Italians, Italian History of the Jews in Italy, Jewish writer Primo Levi, first published in 1947. It describes his arrest as a memb ...
'', performed by Danish actor
Jens Albinus Jens Albinus (born 3 January 1965 in Bogense) is a Danish actor and director.''Usikker på indersiden. Interview: Jens Albinus'' Jyllands-Posten, 16 December 2005, Must, Side 28 Selected filmography * ''Anton'' (1996) – as Lærer, a teacher ...
, and Elfriede Jelinek ''Jackie'', performed by Danish actor Solbjørg Højfeldt. A filmed conversation between French artist
Sophie Calle Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement known as Oulipo. ...
and Danish writer Das Beckwerk was also shown at the festival. The subject of the conversation was 'self-burial'. Audio walk by Palle Sigsgaard (DK), Ursula Andkjær Olsen (DK), René Jean Jensen (DK), Pia Juul (DK), Niels Frank (DK), Martin Larsen (DK), Morten Søkilde (DK), Anne Carson (CAN).


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literary festivals A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings ...