Karl Ove Knausgaard's first novel,
Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize and his second,
A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. The
My Struggle cycle of novels has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it has appeared.
Martin Aitken's translations of Scandinavian literature number some thirty-five books. His work has appeared on the shortlists of the International DUBLIN Literary Award (2017) and the U.S. National Book Awards (2018), as well as the 2021 International Booker Prize. He received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019.