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Gulabuddin Sukhanwar (Persian/Dari: گلاب‌الدین سخنور) is an Afghan writer and translator living in Trondheim, Norway. From 2017 to 2024, he was responsible for the Literature for Inclusion programme at Litteraturhuset i Trondheim.[1]

Early life and education

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Sukhanwar was born and raised in a village in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. He left Afghanistan in 2013 and lived for one year at a refugee reception centre in Vadsø. He later attended the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer.[2]

In 2016, he attended an English literature course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology through the university's Academic Guest Network for refugees with academic backgrounds.[3]

Writing and cultural work

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In 2015, Sukhanwar published the essay "Mine to land" in the Norwegian journal Samtiden.[4] In 2014, he published an article about the treatment of Afghanistan's Ismaili community in a Norwegian book on Afghanistan.[5]

In October 2017, Sukhanwar began a one-year position as a cultural trainee at Litteraturhuset i Trondheim.[2] The Literature for Inclusion programme began that year. In 2018, he organized writing courses, discussions, poetry events and other activities through the programme.[6] He remained responsible for the programme until 2024.[1]

In 2018, Sukhanwar gave a TEDxTrondheim talk titled "Literature for Inclusion".[7]

In 2019, he was one of six writers and artists invited to take part in the Falstad Centre's Faces of Power – Art in the Commander's Residence project.[8]

Translations

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Sukhanwar and Mohib Ali Altaf are credited as the translators of a Persian edition of Aga Khan III's memoirs, published by Formbook in 2024.[9]

Sukhanwar is also credited as the translator of a Persian edition of Diana Miserez's Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.[10]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Satsningen Litteratur for inkludering fortsetter i 2025". Litteraturhuset i Trondheim (in Norwegian). 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 Normannsen, Sølvi Waterloo (21 September 2017). "NTNU kan gjøre mye mer for flyktningene". Universitetsavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  3. Mikkelsen, Solveig (11 November 2016). "Flyktninger grep muligheten da NTNU tilbød dem undervisning". Universitetsavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. Sukhanwar, Gulabuddin (16 September 2015). "Mine to land". Samtiden. 124 (3): 59–64. doi:10.18261/ISSN1890-0690-2015-03-07. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  5. Sukhanwar, Gulabuddin (14 August 2014). "Afghanistans historie: Tid for en omskrivning!". Utrop (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  6. Årsmelding for Litteraturhuset i Trondheim 2018 (PDF) (Report) (in Norwegian). Litteraturhuset i Trondheim. 2019. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  7. "Literature for Inclusion". TED. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  8. "Art at Falstad". Falstad Centre. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  9. "The Memoirs of Aga Khan". Waterstones. Formbook. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  10. "Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
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