Meet three Nordic authors – Amina Elmi, Robin Van de Walle and Adrian Perera – in a conversation about belonging and living among and writing in multiple languages. 

The conversation is moderated by Hilda Forss, doctoral student in Nordic literature at the University of Helsinki. 

Nordic Culture Point

29.4.2025

16.30-18.00

Amina Elmi was born in Somalia in 1994 and came to Denmark at the age of three, where she grew up in Aalborg. Elmi made her book debut in 2023 with the critically acclaimed poetry collection Barbar [Tavshedens objekt] (Barbarian [Object of Silence], not translated into English).

Robin Van de Walle was born in 1994 in Belgium and is currently living in Bergen. He debuted in 2022 with the autofictional novel Han, Solo, about love, queer identity and the eternal search for a home and a belonging. 

Adrian Perera, born 1988 made his debut in 2017 with the poetry collection White Monkey, awarded the Swedish Yle Literature Prize. After three novels, Perera returned to poetry this spring with the book Jag firar inte i år (I’m not celebrating this year, not translated into English).

Hilda Forss (1987-) currently works for Svenska litteratursällskapet (Society of Swedish Literature in Finland) and is pursuing a doctorate in Nordic literature at the University of Helsinki.

Free entry, discussion in Swedish