Bokvennen litterært magasin is a Norwegian literary magazine, established in 1989 by Jan M. Claussen. The magazine publishes articles, essays, poetry and short fiction from both Norwegian and international writers. Four paper editions are issued annually. Bokvennen was in 2011 awarded the Magazine of the Year Award in Norway and also honored as the best cultural magazine in the Nordic countries at the Copenhagen book fair Bogforum. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation named Bokvennen Norway´s best literary magazine in 2010. Many contemporary authors have been interviewed or presented in Bokvennen, among others Elfriede Jelinek, Dave Eggers, Mircea Cărtărescu, Benjamin Kunkel, Péter Nádas, Jean Echenoz, Michael Cera, Junot Díaz, J. M. Coetzee, Joyce Carol Oates, Miranda July, Nam Le, Albe