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Martin Aitken

Martin Aitken is an acclaimed translator of Scandinavian literature, including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Hanne Ørstavik and Olga Ravn. He has received the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Translation Prize, the US National Translation Award in Prose and the PEN America Translation Prize, among other awards. His translations have also appeared on the shortlists of the Dublin Literary Award, the US National Book Awards and the International Booker Prize. His translation of Helle Helle’s they is forthcoming with Giramondo in

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Fiction

160 pages
Paperback, 21 x 14.8 cm
Published September 2026
ISBN 9781923106758

Hafni Says by Helle Helle is a marvellously inventive road-trip novel – an exploration of the desire to be anyone but yourself, as told through one long conversation in the aftermath of a marriage. It is the second book by the award-winning, cult Danish writer published by Giramondo after the acclaimed they, with the trilogy completed by Hey Hafni in February 2027.

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Fiction

160 pages
Paperback, 21 x 14.8 cm
Published February 2026
ISBN 9781923106574

Rendered into riveting and affecting English by Martin Aitken, they by Helle Helle is an exquisite portrait of the fragile love between a mother and daughter, written by one of Denmark’s most acclaimed authors.

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