Pedro Carmona-Alvarez

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez debuted with the poetry collection Helter (Heroes) in 1997 and has since then written three novels and a collection of essays. He was the editor of Signaler (2003–2009) and co-editor (with Gunnar Wærness) of the poetry anthology Verden finnes ikke på kartet (The World Is not on the Map) which was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2010. He has also received the Cappelen Prize (2004), the prestigious Hunger Prize (2005), the Norwegian Poetry Society's Prize (2005), and, in 2013, The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On won the Norwegian National Radio's award for best novel.