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Agnes Scott Langeland

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Agnes Scott Langeland

Born in Scotland, Agnes Scott Langeland has resided in Norway since 1971. As a translator, she has mainly focused on contemporary Norwegian literature and culture. Previous translations include poems by Rune Christiansen in The Edinburgh Review and Petter Mejlænder’s book Pushwagner (Magikon, 2008). She is currently a lecturer in the English language at the University of Agder.

Articles by Agnes Scott Langeland

A Telephone Conversation

By Rune Christiansen

You were unique, like / we all are unique.

Translated from Norwegian by Agnes Scott Langeland

Multilingual

Impromptu

By Rune Christiansen

When the snow covers your grave you have forgotten the snow.

Translated from Norwegian by Agnes Scott Langeland

Multilingual

From the Translator: Agnes Scott Langeland on Kjell Askildsen’s “Dogs of Thessaloniki”

By Agnes Scott Langeland

My first encounter with Kjell Askildsen’s marvelous short stories was in 1995, in an anthology called Et stort øde landskap (A Wide Empty Landscape), published by Oktober in 1991. Their…

The Dogs in Thessaloniki

By Kjell Askildsen

Do you remember the dogs in Thessaloniki which were stuck together after they had mated, she said.

Translated from Norwegian by Agnes Scott Langeland

Martin Hansen’s Outing

By Kjell Askildsen

I carried on walking, roaming the streets; it was just half past nine, and I had no desire to go home.

Translated from Norwegian by Agnes Scott Langeland