Sunday, 24.11, start 18:30, free entry.

Please join us for an evening to celebrate the launch of 

CAESARIA

by Hanna Nordenhök.

Hanna is joined by Berlin-based author and translator Saskia Vogel.

About Caesaria:

In 19th-century Sweden, Caesaria is kept in a doctor's mansion as a
trophy: she is the first baby to be born alive from one of his c-sections. In a Gothic ambiance, Caesaria narrates in first person her experiences in the mansion and her encounters with its mysterious inhabitants and visitors. Does she know where she comes from? Where is her mother? Is there a world beyond these walls?

Hanna Nordenhök masterfully blends the elements of storytelling with the history of gynecology, bringing to life the story of Caesaria.

Translated by Saskia Vogel.

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Hanna Nordenhök has been awarded several major literary honors for her work, both as novelist, poet and essayist. Her novel Caesaria (2020) scooped Swedish Radio’s Literary Prize and was shortlisted for Vi’s Literature Prize. Nordenhök also works as a translator from the Spanish and has been praised for her translations of Fernanda Melchor, Andrea Abreu and Alia Trabucco Zerán. Her last novel Wonderland (2023) was listed among the Best Books of the Year in Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen, Borås Tidning, Hufvudstadsbladet and Magasinet ETC, as well as shortlisted for Vi's Literature Prize.

Saskia Vogel is a writer and translator of over two-dozen Swedish language books. Her novel Permission was published in five languages. She is a recipient the Berlin Senate grant for non-German literature, the Bernard Shaw Prize, two English PEN Translates Awards, and was a PEN America Translation Prize finalist. She was Princeton’s Fall 2022 Translator in Residence. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she lives in Berlin.

The event time is approximately 18:30 - 19:30, followed by a moment for further discussions and book signings. 
The event is free. 

Hanna Nordenhök author photo credits:  Elvira Glänte
Saskia Vogel author photo credits: Adam-Holmgren