Fugl (novel)

Fugl (in English: Bird)
AuthorSigbjørn Skåden
TranslatorsMarina Heide (published in French as Oiseau in 2021)
LanguageNorwegian
SubjectSpace colonization, Climate fiction, Indigenous peoples, Language death
GenreScience fiction
PublisherCappelen Damm
Publication date
2019
Publication placeNorway, Sápmi
Pages124
ISBN9788202621452

Fugl (in English: "Bird") is a 2019 Norwegian science fiction novel by Sigbjørn Skåden, and is the first science fiction novel written by a Sámi author.[1] Fugl tells the story of a small human colony on a distant planet where speech cannot be heard. Fugl is Skåden's first novel written in Norwegian, and has been interpreted as an allegory of the Sámi peoples' loss of their language due to forced assimilation and Norwegianization. Fugl was translated to French by Marina Heide as Oiseau in 2021.[2]

  1. ^ Vivo, Erika De (2022-11-24). "Márkomeannu#2118, the Future is Already Here: Imagining a Sámi Future at the Intersection of Art and Activism". Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture (12): 227–246. doi:10.18778/2083-2931.12.14. hdl:11089/44368. ISSN 2084-574X. S2CID 253923245. Márkomeannu-2018 organizers consulted Sámi author Sigbjørn Skåden—one of the festival founders—discussing various aspects of the festival, including the festival-plot. Skåden was then working on his 2019 book Fugl, the first sci-fi novel written by a Sámi author. ↑
  2. ^ Skåden, Sigbjørn (2021-10-07). Oiseau (in French). Marina Heide. Villenave d'Ornon: AGULLO. ISBN 978-2-38246-005-4. OCLC 1281895270.