Here we have collected a selection of newspaper clippings with interviews, reviews and opinion pieces related to Idar Kristiansen's writing.
Interviews with Idar Kristiansen
I am a proud Kven and a bit of a vagabond, Tormod Haugstad, Nationen 13.12.1980
Not easy to come from the north, Aftenposten 27.08.80
Untidy and lush as his work - Tore Stueng - Adresseavisen 27.08.80
Idar Krisitansen - I am an artist, not a historian - Fædrelandsvennen 12 December 1981
The poor boy who took the prize, Hanne Gamnes, Dagbladet 22.11.80
With women in their hearts, Rune Nedrebø, Stavanger Aftenblad, 21 April 1981
Between the Sea Land and North of Haltia – Ellen Pollestad – Nordlys 21.08.84
It frightens me how non-Sámi take it for granted that they can freely encroach upon Sámi territory, such as the Alta River. When the Finnmark County Council votes in favour of the Alta development, it is nothing other than fascist dictatorship.
Idar Kristiansen interviewed in Stavanger Aftenblad, 1981
Idar Kristiansen, Poet and Comrade, Hans Kristian Eriksen, Ruijan Kaiku 11.12.199
Lieutenant Idar – by Hans Kristian Eriksen, 1996
Clock on book who are you - Day and time 26.04.2013
Favourites for the Nordic Council Literature Prize, VG, 20 November 1980
Landes hellige savn og nød - Magnus Bøe - Bergens Tidende 19.01.81
A death sentence on the Sami, John Gustavsen
Literary prize for Vi Menn writer, Vi Menn, 10 February 1981
You devil! Cheers to a storyteller – on Idar Kristiansen's authorship – Vinduet 4 1980
With The Grain and the Fishes, Idar Kristiansen has made it clear to me that he is about to give us a novel that will stand for some time in the history of Norwegian literature when it is rewritten. It should be rewritten, if for no other reason than Idar Kristiansen and his Kornet og fiskene.
He knows his craft – and more besides. He knows his people in joy and sorrow.Ivar Eskeland, Voi perkele Cheers to a storyteller, 1980
Articles from the debate surrounding the Loaves and Fishes
The collapse of a critic, Kjell Sandvik, Klassekampen 15.01.81, pdf
A literary debate in the ditch, Willy Dahl, Dagbladet 27.01.1981, pdf
A misunderstanding, Odd Eidem, Aftenposten 17.01.1981, pdf
Speeding in social realism, Roar Petersen, Dagbladet 19.01.1981, pdf
What is kvenheronism Nils Magne Knutsen, Idar Kristiansen, Nordlys 04.04.1979, pdf
Idar Kristiansen's series of novels , Nils M. Knutsen, Dagbladet 08 and 09 January 1981, pdf
When myths and superstitions become reality, Per Bangsund, Klassekampen 22.10.81, pdf
No to history pornography, Dag og tid 07.05.1981, pdf
On Idar Kristiansen's novel series, Willy Dahl, Klassekampen 20.01.81, pdf
On this should he be judged, Ivar Eskeland, Dagbladet 18.02.81, pdf
Should we choose our poets, Nina Karin Monsen, Dagbladet 16.01.1981, pdf
Should Poets Be Taken Seriously, Knut Faldbakken, Dagbladet 21.01.1981, pdf
I don't write my books for historians, critics, or commissioners, even though they are welcome to read them. I write primarily for the person who reads, because I can stimulate, encourage, entertain and enrich them.
Idar Kristiansen, Day and Time 1981
