{"id":2660,"date":"2016-02-10T11:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=2660"},"modified":"2016-03-01T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:02:06","slug":"2660","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/2660\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author: \u00c5sne Seierstad  &#8211; livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Meet the Author: \u00c5sne Seierstad<\/h3>\n<p><strong>At The Nordic House, March at 7:30pm. \u00a0Free entrance.\u00a0Sigur\u00f0ur \u00d3lafsson, Manager for the Nordic Council Literature Prizes will be the moderator of the evening and the program will take place in scandinavian languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All events from the Meet the Author series are brought to you via Nordic House <a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\">Livestrem<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/4804981\/player?width=560&amp;height=315&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c5sne Seierstad<\/strong> (1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones \u2013 most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006. As a reporter she is particularly remembered for her work in war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya, as well as for her reports on the September 11 attacks in the United States of America. The Bookseller of Kabul (2002), a bestselling book, is an account of the time she spent living with an Afghan family in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Her other books include One Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal which describes the three months she spent in Iraq in the build-up to the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.<\/p>\n<p><strong>En av oss : en fortelling om Norge (One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway)<\/strong> was first published in Norway in 2013.\u00a0In the book Seierstad explores a dark side of contemporary Scandinavia through the life and crimes of Anders Behring Breivik, a mass murderer who killed 77 people, most of them teenagers, as a protest against women\u2019s rights, cultural diversity and the growing influence of Islam. After spending years away from home as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Iraq, bearing witness to the crimes of other nations, she has confronted Norway\u2019s greatest trauma since the Nazi occupation, without flinching and without simplifying.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/\">AALTO Bistro<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>We recommend you make an evening out of it and book a table prior to the event at The Nordic House restaurant AALTO Bistro. The restaurant\u00a0is a friendly and exciting restaurant in Reykjavik under the leadership and vision of renowned TV chef Sveinn Kjartansson. \u00a0AALTO has an emphasis on unusual ingredients, flirting with Scandinavian cuisine with a Central-European influence.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/panta-boreth.html\">Book a table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nordic House series 2015-16<\/strong><br \/>\nSeptember 1st \u2013 Jens Andersen (DK)<br \/>\nOctober 6th \u2013 Einar M\u00e1r Gu\u00f0mundsson<br \/>\nNovember 3rd \u2013 Camilla Plum (DK)<br \/>\nDecember 1st \u2013 Rawdna Carita Eira (NO\/samisk)<br \/>\nJanuary 12th \u2013 Kristina Sandberg (SE)<br \/>\nFebruary 2nd \u2013 Gaute Heivoll (NO)<br \/>\n<strong>March 1st \u2013 \u00c5sne Seierstad (NO)<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 5th \u2013 Susanna Alakoski (SE\/FI)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Author: \u00c5sne Seierstad At The Nordic House, March at 7:30pm. \u00a0Free entrance.\u00a0Sigur\u00f0ur \u00d3lafsson, Manager for the Nordic Council Literature Prizes will be the moderator of the evening and the program will take place in scandinavian languages. 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