''Prosa'' is

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

's largest

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

. The magazine is published on a bimonthly basis and has been in circulation since 1995.

History and profile

The first issue of ''Prosa'' was published in 1995. It is a

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

dealing with prose, academic literature, writing culture, and cultural politics, and contains literary essays, reviews, and academic related articles. The magazine prides itself on its editorial independence, and is published by the

Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association The Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF) ( no, Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening) is an organization for writers and translators of all kinds of non-fiction literature. Membership is open to writers and ...

(NFF). It is published six times per year. Karianne Bjellås Gilje has been editor since 2006. Former editors are

Mari Toft Mari may refer to: Places *Mari, Paraíba, Brazil, a city * Mari, Cyprus, a village *Mari, Greece, a village, site of ancient town of Marius * Mari, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran * Mari, Punjab, a village and a union council in Pakistan ...

(1995–99) and

Halvor Fosli Halvor Fosli (born 30 August 1961) is a Norwegian non-fiction writer, journalist, magazine editor and publisher. Fosli was born in Dalen, Telemark. He has been a journalist for the newspaper ''Dag og Tid''. He made his literary debut in 1994 wi ...

(2000–05).

References

External links

Prosa's website
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