CARL FRODE TILLER is the author of five novels – the last three
forming the Encircling trilogy – and four plays; all of them are
written in the distinctive language of nynorsk (‘new Norwegian’).
One of the most acclaimed Scandinavian authors of his
generation, Tiller has received multiple prizes, including the
European Union Prize for Literature and Nordic Critics Prize, and
his Encircling trilogy has been twice nominated for the Nordic
Council’s Prize. Set iin Tiller’s provincial home town of Namsos,
the trilogy is considered one of the great contemporary portraits
of Nordic life. It has been adapted for the theatre and published
in eighteen languages. Tiller was born in 1970 in Namsos. He
lives in Trondheim with his wife and three daughters. He was,
until recently, a member of the rock band Kong Ler.

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BARBARA J. HAVELAND is a leading translator of Norwegian and
Danish. Her recent published works include The Cold Song by
Linn Ullmann and new translations of Ibsen’s The Master Builder
and Little Eyolf. She lives in Copenhagen.