Norway’s Karl Ove Knausgård Guest Of Honour At 2019 Budapest Int’l Book Festival

  • 30 Oct 2018 7:11 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Norway’s Karl Ove Knausgård Guest Of Honour At 2019 Budapest Int’l Book Festival
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård will be the guest of honour at the 26th Budapest International Book Festival held between April 25 and 25, organisers have announced on social media.

Knausgård is best known for his six-volume Min Kamp (My Struggle) series of autobiographical novels. In 2010, the series broke sales records in Norway, according to Oslo-based publisher Forlaget Oktober. It has so far been translated into 22 languages.

The festival’s past guests of honour have included the likes of Austrian poet Ernst Jandl, Hungarian-born Israeli author Ephraim Kishon and Nobelprize winning authors Imre Kertész of Hungary, Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Günter Grass of Germany.

Guest of honour countries in recent years have included the Czech Republic, France, Canada, Poland, Germany, Italy, Russia, China and the Scandinavian countries, among others.

  • How does this content make you feel?

XpatLoop Media Partner

Hungary Matters

Launched in January 2014, this newsletter published on week days covers 'everything you need to know about what’s going on in Hungary and beyond', according to its publisher the state media agency MTI.

Explore More Reports

  • Insiders Guide: Busójárás Fest in Hungary – Say Goodbye to Winter & Welcome Spring

    Insiders Guide: Busójárás Fest in Hungary – Say Goodbye to Winter & Welcome Spring

    • 1 Feb 2024 11:43 AM

    Like in many other countries around the world, Hungary has a rich tradition of saying farewell to winter and welcoming spring, replete with special customs and beliefs. Busójárás festival in Mohács stands out as one of the most significant and widely recognised traditions here, earning it a coveted spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This year more than seventy Busó groups will mark the winter solstice in Hungary, with a record number of 2500 masked individuals celebrating between 8 -13 February.