DIPLOMATIC–CONSULAR OFFICES AND MISSIONS

Sarajevo, October 6th, 2009

Press Release

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Kingdom of Norway Elma Kovacevic Attends Literary and Musical Evenings for the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Norwegian Writer Knut Hamsun

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Kingdom of Norway Elma Kovacevic addressed guests at evenings of literature and music organized in the Norwegian cities of Oslo and Sarpsborg on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun’s birth.

She stated that such literary events are very important for creating ties between Norway and B&H on the cultural level and added that this process has been underway for many years – just as long as B&H and Norwegian literary works have been translated into these two languages.

Among others, the following persons took part in the literary and musical evenings: Munib Delalic, poet and interpreter, Vehid Gunic, writer and film maker, Meho Barakovic, poet, Enes Topalovic, writer, Dino Prohic, writer and journalist, and Uzeir Bukvic, journalist, writer and film maker. Arif Alajbegovic, one of the last remaining interpreters of B&H traditional songs (sevdalinka), took part in the musical portion of the program.

These literary and musical evenings took place from October 3rd to October 5th, 2009 in the Norwegian cities of Oslo, Lillehammer, Sarpsborg, and Trondheim.