Gunnhild Øyehaug

Feb 12, 2024 | lithub.com | Gunnhild Øyehaug

“The book had overwhelmed me, among other things, because of this: shame at how little I actually knew.” Translated into English by Kari Dickson. This essay was first published in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen.

Feb 1, 2024 | information.dk | Gunnhild Øyehaug

Det allersidste ekstranummer ved den koncert, som britiske PJ Harvey gav i Oslo den 30. oktober 2023, sluttede med, at kunstneren stod mutters alene på scenen i sin hvide kjole og med håndfladerne vendt ud mod os i rummet, åbne, tomme, sang hun disse ord: I got blood on my hands. I meget lang tid holdt hun sine hænder ud imod os, og hun blev ved, selv da musikken var stoppet, og alle klappede.

Sep 1, 2023 | theparisreview.org | Gunnhild Øyehaug

By Gunnhild Øyehaug September 1, 2023 Who is Sharon Olds? Sharon Olds is an American poet, born in San Francisco in 1942. She has a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University and made her debut as a writer in 1980 with the poetry collection Satan Says. Since then, she has established herself as one of the most read, most decorated, and most controversial North American contemporary poets.

Mar 9, 2023 | thecommononline.org | Gunnhild Øyehaug

By GUNNHILD ØYEHAUGTranslated from the Norwegian by KARI DICKSONThe following are two stories from Evil Flowers by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated by Kari Dickson, published by FSG (2/14/23). The Cliffs, When DeadTo get to the top of the White Cliffs of Dover was not that hard. It was, in principle, just a matter of walking. Moving one foot in front of the other, up a narrow, romantic path through the green grass. The hardest part was getting to England in the first place.

Feb 15, 2023 | lithub.com | Gunnhild Øyehaug

I don’t think there are any rules when it comes to how one should use literary references in works of literature, except, perhaps, that they should have a life of their own. The facts are I’ve written a short story collection and named it Evil Flowers, obviously a reference to Charles Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil.