International Ibsen Scholarships 2010 announced

Once again the Norwegian Embassy participated in the annual International Literature Festival in Tuzla. This time with an even bigger focus on Norwegian literature and a donation of a Book package: A collection of 26 Norwegian books translated to local languages. The festival itself took place from September 3rd to September 6th 2009.

23-year old Alexander Rybak charmed the whole of Europe and won the Eurovision Song Contest with his performance of Fairytale. “I had a story I wanted to tell, and it seems to have hit home,” an extremely happy Alexander commented.

Rune Denstad Langlo won the prize for best director last week for his feature film, North, at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Eastwest performance of Henrik Ibsen’s Nora premieres on 24th and 25th January at 20.00 o’clock in UNITIC Amphitheatre.