News

• King's Medal for Bertil Falck

  
  2/8/2012
  Bertil Falck, founder of the Göteborg Book Fair, has been awarded with a King's Medal for his significant contributions as an entrepreneur and founder of the fair.

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• Romania in focus at the Göteborg Book Fair 2013

  
  2/8/2012
  It is now official that Romania and Romanian literature will be the focal theme at the Göteborg Book Fair 2013, scheduled to take place between 26-29 September.

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• Lydia Cacho wins Olof Palme Prize 2011

  
  1/30/2012
  Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and writer, and Roberto Saviano, Italian author, were awarded with Olof Palme Prize 2011. They both spoke about justice and human rights issues in their native countries with a great deal of courage, and currently they are living under threats and persecution.

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• Dagerman Prize goes to Nawal El Saadawi

  
  1/16/2012
  Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian author, became the Stig Dagermanm Prize winner. The author will receive the prize carrying 50,000 SEK for her work identical in nature with that of Dagerman's.

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• Without names - Short story by Vugar Guliyev

  1/4/2012
  "If the word is the world, literature is life". This is Azerbaijani author Vugar Guliyev's motto. During the autumn and winter of 2011-2012, the Göteborg Book Fair will regularly publish his short stories and chronicles on our website. "Without names" is his fourth story - A true talk of refugees fleeing from either political persecution or widespread corruption

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Older news

• Translator’s dream

  12/19/2011

• Irish PEN Award 2012 goes to Joseph O’Connor

  12/19/2011

• New names at Meg 2012

  12/19/2011

• Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012 – the Swedish candidates

  12/13/2011

• Scotiabank Giller Prize to Esi Edugyan

  12/13/2011

• Literary award to "The sisters brothers”

  12/5/2011

• EU Prize for Literature 2011

  12/5/2011

• Strindberg site – to be set up soon

  11/28/2011

• Tucholsky Prize Laureate was barred to come to Sweden

  11/21/2011

• Nordic literature at Göteborg Book Fair 2012

  11/15/2011