I have finally caught up with my own columns! Four columns from 2013 have now been uploaded. They deal with Camilla Collett, Sonia Sotomayor, Hilary Mantel, and Sheryl Sandberg, respectively. All in Norwegian, I am afraid.
tagged with feminism , Norwegian literature , women writers
The pioneering Norwegian feminist critic Irene Iversen is retiring this year. Her colleagues and friends will celebrate her with a seminar at the University of Oslo on Friday 25 January, from 13:00 – 17:00. I will contribute a very short paper on Ibsen’s Little Eyolf. The seminar will take place in Niels Treschow’s house, room HF-12.
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On Friday 25 January at 18:00 I will give a talk about Camilla Collett’s novel Amtmandens Døttre at Oslo’s Literature House, and discuss Camilla Collett with Cathrine Sandnes, editor of Samtiden.
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Given that Camilla Collett’s picture decorated the Norwegian 100 kroner bill from 1977 to 1994, it is fitting that the Norwegian Treasury (Finansdepartementet) wants to celebrate her birthday. I will be going to give a lunchtime talk about Camilla Collett for interested staff there on January 24th.
tagged with Norwegian literature , women writers
On 23 January it is 200 years since Camilla Collett was born. We celebrate her anniversary with a conference at the National Library in Oslo. The conference is fully booked, but the National Library will live-stream the event at www.nb.no.
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On Tuesday 22nd January at 18:00 Ane Farsethås and I will discuss Norwegian literature at Cappelen Damm publishers in Akersgaten 47/49 i Oslo, tirsdag 22. januar kl. 18.00. The event is free and open to all. You may preregister for the event on Facebook.
tagged with literature and philosophy , Norwegian literature
Karl Ove Knausgård’s My Struggle (volume 1) is a great book. It reads beautifully on its own, but it is also the first volume in an extraordinary 6 volume series. I am delighted to see that this great Norwegian novel has been published in the US by Archipelago books. Click here for Archipelago’s presentation. See also Archipelago’s link to James Wood recent review in The New Yorker. (In Norwegian I wrote an essay on the series after the publication of volume 6.)
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I am delighted to be giving a paper and participating at Aschehoug’s summer seminar for their writers in Oslo on June 21. I am looking forward, very much, to learning more about the interests and concerns of writers and publishers in Norway today.
tagged with humanities , literature and philosophy , Norwegian literature
My article on Karl Ove Knausgård’s Min kamp has just appeared in Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). The full reference is: Toril Moi, “Skam og åpenhet,” Morgenbladet, 16 December 2011, pp. 44-45. The article will be available online in four weeks. But this link should take you to the full issue (the link doesn’t work on iPads). Just go to pp. 44-45 to read the article. If that doesn’t work, here is a pdf file with the text: Moi Skam og åpenhet.
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On my Norwegian pages, I have now put up a link to my brand new review of Anne B. Ragde’s new novel Jeg skal gjøre deg så lykkelig (I’ll make you so happy), published in Morgenbladet on September 9, 2011. The review is written in Norwegian.
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