Diriye Osman to Melahuset in Oslo

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The author Diriye Osman comes to Melahuset 13 October and launches his novel "The Butterfly Jungle". Osman is black with a Somali background, gay and depicts these experiences from outside the heteronormative majority culture in his literature.

"It is the first time in 21 years that Diriye Osman has left the UK - despite a number of invitations and offers from literary festivals and literary houses abroad, including in Norway." writes NTB in a case that is also published in Dagsavisen .

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Facsimile: Dagsavisen, 4 October 2022.

 


Published October 4, 2022