Maja Lunde
In residence: April 2021
Maja Lunde (b. 1975) is the most successful Norwegian author of her generation and one of the country’s most prominent advocates for the climate cause. Her books are published in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 2,5 million copies worldwide. Lunde’s debut novel The History of Bees (2015) was an instant hit and sold to several territories before Norwegian publication. It won The Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize as well as multiple international awards and was the bestselling book in Germany in 2017. As part of the author’s planned Climate Quartet, the stand-alone sequels The End of the Ocean (2017) and Przewalskis Horse (2019) has been published to equal acclaim.
Lunde has written several books for children and young adults. The children’s Christmas book “The Snow Sister” (2018) illustrated by Lisa Aisato, was a record-breaking success in Norway and is translated into 27 languages. Several of Lunde’s works have been, or are in the process of being adapted for the screen.
During her residency, Artica and Longyearbyen Public Library co-presented an in-conversation event with Lunde. The event was hosted by Longyearbyen based writer and journalist Line Nagell Ylvisåker, the talk was live streamed on Facebook and can be watched back here: