Author apologizes, but defends book
February 15, 2021
Marte Michelet, whose latest book on Norway’s Holocaust infuriated descendants of wartime heroes, apologized during the weekend for mistakes that have been corrected in new editions. She staunchly defended, however, her exposure of how badly Jewish Norwegians were treated before, during and after the Nazi German occupation.
Marte Michelet’s second book on Norway’s Holocaust was called the “most important book of the year” when it was first published in Norway in 2018. It shattered the official version of the arrests and deportations of Norwegian Jews in 1942, sparking ongoing outcry from several historians and descendants of war heroes. ILLUSTRATION: Gyldendal
Lemn Sissay is a headliner as the three-week Emirates Airline Festival of Literature closes its hybrid run for 2021, having engaged more than 90 authors in digital and physical events.
The organizing leadership of Dubai’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021 at the InterContinential Dubai Festival City complex. Image: EAFL
Dubai Joins Sharjah in Staging a Physical Book Festival
As it enters its final of three weekends in Dubai, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature moves to its Alsserkal Avenue venue today (February 12), having been at the Jameel Arts Centre (January 29 and 30) and at the soaring InterContinental Dubai Festival City (February 4 to 6).