{"id":27706,"date":"2021-02-17T14:51:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=27706"},"modified":"2021-03-11T17:42:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:42:27","slug":"niviaq-korneliussen-and-audur-ava-olafsdottir","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/niviaq-korneliussen-and-audur-ava-olafsdottir\/","title":{"rendered":"Niviaq Korneliussen and Au\u00f0ur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"ls_embed_1613573066\" data-src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/14889744\/events\/9535588\/player?width=640&amp;height=360&amp;enableInfoAndActivity=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=true&amp;mute=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"> <\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-embed_id=\"ls_embed_1613573066\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/assets\/plugins\/referrer_tracking.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Niviaq Korneliussen and Au\u00f0ur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir will talk together about their authorships.\u00a0The two authors have several overlapping interests that they will unfold. Niviaq\u2019s latest novel, BLOMSTERDALEN (the flower valley), deals with suicide, sex, and relationships. She first experienced suicide when she was thirteen. She herself will be buried between the high mountains in Tasiilaq, where the nameless graves in the cemetery in BLOMSTERDALEN are covered with blue, red and pink plastic flowers, lying in the pure snow seen on the front of the book.<\/p>\n<p>The collective, the community around the \u2018suicide culture\u2019 in Greenland is touched upon in BLOMSTERDALEN in the most sensitive way for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>BLOMSTERDALEN is a story without compromise and a black humorous novel about love, friendship, and grief &#8211; and about being wrong in a society where no one talks about the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Au\u00f0ur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir (born 1958) award-winning book, AR, also deals with suicide, but with a completely different approach, as a \u2018man\u2019s suffering\u2019 in connection with the world. Au\u00f0ur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir is a well-established Icelandic author and art historian. \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir&#8217;s latest novel D\u00fdralif was published in 2020. Her novel \u00d3r won the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2018. In 2019, the French translation of her novel Miss Island received the Prix M\u00e9dicis \u00e9tranger.<\/p>\n<p>Niviaq Korneliussen (born 1990) is a Greenlandic author, known for his pioneering novels. Her latest novel BLOMSTERDALEN was published in 2020. Korneliussen made her debut in 2014 with her novel HOMO sapienne. The novel, which depicts the lives of LGTBQ + people in Greenland, was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2015. Niviaq Korneliussen is nominated for the Nordic Council Literaturprize 2021 for her novel BLOMSTERDALEN.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator, Sofie Hermansen Eriksdatter, Head of Secretariat, The Nordic Council Literature Prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The event starts at 7:30 PM i salur.<br \/>\nThe conversation is moderated in English\/Danish<br \/>\nThe event is streamed live.<\/p>\n<p>MATR is open during the event from 18-21.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be obtained here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/11039\/hofundakvold-niviaq-korneliussen-og-au-ur-ava-olafsdottir\/\">https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/11039\/hofundakvold-niviaq-korneliussen-og-au-ur-ava-olafsdottir\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niviaq Korneliussen and Au\u00f0ur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir will talk together about their authorships.\u00a0The two authors have several overlapping interests that they will unfold. Niviaq\u2019s latest novel, BLOMSTERDALEN (the flower valley), deals with suicide, sex, and relationships. She first experienced suicide when she was thirteen. 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