Love: Winner of the 2019 PEN America Translation Prize

About Hanne Orstavik

Hanne Orstavik published the novel Cut (Hakk) in 1994 and embarked on a career that would make her one of the most remarkable and admired authors in Norwegian contemporary literature. Her literary breakthrough came three years later with the publication of Love (Kjaerlighet) which in 2006 was voted the sixth best Norwegian book of the last twenty-five years in a prestigious contest in Dagbladet. Since then the author has written several acclaimed and much discussed novels and received a host of literary prizes. Martin Aitken is the translator of numerous novels from Danish and Norwegian including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard Peter Hoeg Ida Jessen and Kim Leine and his translations of short stories and poetry have appeared in many literary journals and magazines. He was a finalist at the U.S. National Book Awards 2018 and received the PEN America Translation Prize 2019 for his translation of Love.