Bokvennen litterært magasin is a Norwegian literary magazine

Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...

, founded in 1989 by Jan M. Claussen. The magazine publishes articles

Article (publishing)

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, essays, poetry

Poetry

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 and short fiction from both Norwegian and international writers. Four paper editions are issued annually. Bokvennen was in 2011 awarded the Magazine of the Year Award in Norway and also honored as the best cultural magazine in the Nordic countries at the Copenhagen book fair Bogforum. NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, named Bokvennen Norway´s best literary magazine in 2010. Many contemporary authors have been interviewed or presented in Bokvennen, among others Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek

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, Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers

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, Mircea Cărtărescu

Mircea Cartarescu

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, Benjamin Kunkel

Benjamin Kunkel

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, Péter Nádas

Péter Nádas

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, Jean Echenoz

Jean Echenoz

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, Michael Cera

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, Junot Díaz

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, Joyce Carol Oates

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, Miranda July

Miranda July

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, Nam Le

Nam Le

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, Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel

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, Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

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, Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder

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, Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon

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, Uwe Tellkamp

Uwe Tellkamp

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 Sara Stridsberg

Sara Stridsberg

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, Linn Ullmann

Linn Ullmann

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, Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse

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, Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø

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, Johan Harstad

Johan Harstad

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 and Karl Ove Knausgård

Karl Ove Knausgård

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. The editor-in-chief is the author Gabriel Michael Vosgraff Moro.