{"id":65887,"date":"2026-11-03T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&p=65887"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:00:11","slug":"sofi-oksanen-in-conversation-with-greta-kristin-omarsdottir","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/sofi-oksanen-in-conversation-with-greta-kristin-omarsdottir\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofi Oksanen in conversation with Gr\u00e9ta Krist\u00edn \u00d3marsd\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finnish- Estonian novelist and playwright Sofi Oksanen is one of the most awarded literary authors in the Nordic region, and she is translated into more than 40 languages. She will be visiting us at The Nordic House to discuss her latest play, <\/span>The Strawberry Fields<\/span><\/i>, how she is working as a playwright, the process of writing plays into prose and the future ahead for Finnish drama. Director, dramaturg and associate professor at The Icelandic University of Arts, Gr\u00e9ta Krist\u00edn \u00d3marsd\u00f3ttir will lead the conversation. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This event is free of charge, space is limited. Please register your attendance here to secure a seat in the venue. <\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event starts with readings from Oksanen’s play as well as an excerpt from the Finnish playwright Karhu’s play. <\/span>The readings will be in Icelandic.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The conversations and questions from the audience will be in English.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

This event is held in collaboration with the literary festival Iceland Noir.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Photo: Toni H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen<\/span><\/p>\n

Access in Elissa is good, there is a low threshold into the auditorium. More information on accessibility in the Nordic House is available here<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finnish- Estonian novelist and playwright Sofi Oksanen is one of the most awarded literary authors in the Nordic region, and she is translated into more than 40 languages. She will be visiting us at The Nordic House to discuss her latest play, The Strawberry Fields, how she is working as a playwright, the process of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65892,"template":"","event-categories":[60],"class_list":["post-65887","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-all-events","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/65887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=65887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}