Ambassadors' Country of Origin | Location Where Embassy is Based | Name of Ambassador | Book Recommendations: Title, Author, Publication Year |
Argentina | Finland | Facundo Vila | Martín Fierro, José Hernández, 1872 |
Argentina | Norway | Betina Pasquali Fonseca | Alefen, Luís Borges, 1945 |
Argentina | Sweden | Nélida María Cintreras de Ecke | Alefen, Luís Borges, 1945 |
Austria | Germany | Dr. Peter Huber | Tobakshandlaren (The Tobacconist), Robert Seethaler, 2012 |
Austria | Hungary | Elisabeth Ellison-Kramer | Das Buch Österreich: Texte, die man kennen muss ( The Book of Austria. The text you have to know), Hans Rauscher, 2005; Världen av igår: en Europés minnen (The World of Yesterday), Stefan Zweig, 1942 |
Austria | Netherlands | Dr. Phil. Heidemaria Gürer | Die gute Küche: Das österreichische Standardkochbuch (The good kitchen': The Austrian Standard Cookbook), Ewald Plachutta & Christoph Wagner, 1993 |
Austria | Portugal | Thomas Stelzer | Mannen utan egenskaper (The Man without Qualities), Robert Musil, 1930-1943 |
Austria | South Africa | | Mannen utan egenskaper (The man without Qualities), Robert Musil, 1930-1943 ; Förbländningen (The Play of the Eyes), Elias Canetti, 1985 ; Die dämonen ('The Demons'), Heimito von Doderer, 1956; Die Tante Jolesch: oder Der Untergang des Abendlandes in Anekdoten ('Tante Jolesch: Or, The Decline of the West in Anecdotes'), Friedrich Torberg, 1975 |
Canada | Switzerland | Susan Bincoletto | The Promise of Canada, Charlotte Gray, 2016 |
Colombia | Netherlands | Juan José Quintana | Hundra år av ensamhet (One hundred Years of Solitude), Gabriel Garcia Márquez, 1967 |
Colombia | Norway | Jorge Leyva | Kärlek i kolerans tid (Love in Times of War), Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1985 |
Costa Rica | USA | Román Macaya | Cuentos de mi tía Panchita ('Stories of my Aunt Panchita'), Carmen Lyra, 1920 |
Croatia | Egypt | Tomislav Bošnjak | Gricka vjestica (The Witch of Grič), Marija Zagorka, 1913 |
Denmark | Finland | Jetter Nordam | Den afrikanska farmen (Out of Africa), Karen Blixen, 1937; HC Andersens sagor (Andersen's Fairy Tales), Hans Christian Andersen, 1835 |
Dominican Republic | Belgium | Aníbal de Castro | Cuentos escritos en el Exilio (Tales written in exile'), Juan Bosch, 1964; Más cuentos escritos en el Exilio (More tales in exile'), 1964 |
Dominican Republic | Switzerland | Julio Simon Castaños Z. | La Mañosa (no English translation), Juan Bosch, 1935 |
Ecuador | Netherlands | Fernando Bucheli | Memorias de Andrés Chiliquinga (Memoir of Andrés Chiliquinga), Carlos Arcos Cabrera, 2013 |
Finland | Austria | Hannu Kyröläinen | Putkinotko (no English translation), Joel Lehtonen, 1919 |
Finland | Belgium | Timo Ranta | Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot, 1849 |
Finland | Denmark | Vesa Vasara | Okänd soldat( The Unknown Soldier), Väinö Linna, 1954 |
Finland | Germany | Ritva Koukku-Ronde | A History of Finland, Henrik Meinander, 2011 |
Finland | Norway | Erik Lundberg | Trollvinter (Moominland Midwinter'), Tove Jansson, 1957 |
Greece | Slovenia | Nicolas Protonotarios | Odyssey, Homer, Approx 8th Century BC |
Guatemala | Switzerland | Luis F Carranza | Hombres de Maíz (Men of Maize'), Miguel Ángel Asturias, 1949 |
Hungary | Belgium | Nagy Zoltán | A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys), Ferenc Molnar, 1906 |
Hungary | New Zealand | Dr László Zsolt Szabó | A gyertyák csonkig égnek (Embers), Sándor Márai, 1942 |
Ireland | Austria | Tom Hanney | Solar Bones, Mike McCormack, 2016 |
Israel | Switzerland | Jacob Keidar | Bibeln, GT (The Bible, The Old Testament) |
Italy | Norway | Giorgio Novello | I rosens namn (The name of the Rose), Umberto Eco, 1980 |
Malta | Austria | Keith Azzopardi | The Kappillan of Malta, Nicholas Monsarrat, 1973 |
Malta | Germany | Dr Albert Friggieri | The Kappillan of Malta, Nicholas Monsarrat, 1973 |
Malta | Netherlands | Joseph Cole | The Kappillan of Malta, Nicholas Monsarrat, 1973 |
Mauritius | Belgium | Y. Ramjanally | Paul et Virginie, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, 1788 |
Mexico | Belgium | Eloy Cantú Segovia | Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo, 1955 |
Mexico | Denmark | Carlos Pujante | Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo, 1955 |
Mexico | Norway | Jorge-Castro Valle | El Laberinto de la soledad (The Labyrinth of Solitude), Octavio Paz, 1950; La R Där luften är klarast (Where the Air is Clear), Carlos Fuentes, 1958 |
Mexico | Sweden | Agustín Gasca Pliego | Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), Laura Esquivel, 1989 |
Morocco | Norway | Lamia Radi | Den lille prinsen (The Little Prince), Antoina de Saint Exupery, 1943 |
Netherlands | Spain | Matthijs van Bonzel | Miffy (Miffy), Dick Bruna, 1955 |
New Zealand | Austria | Nicole Roberton | Māori Myths and Legends, Alexander Wyclif Reed, 1964 |
Norway | Greece | Jørn Eugene Gjelstad | Ved: allt om huggning, stapling och torkning (Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way), Lars Mytting, 2015 |
Portugal | UK | Manuel Lobo Antunes | Mensagem (Message), Fernando Pessoa, 1934 |
Spain | Finland | Manuel de la Cámara Hermoso | Don Quijote av la Mancha (Don Quixote), Miguel de Cervantes, 1615 |
Sweden | Denmark | Fredrik Jörgensen | Ett drömspel (A Dream Play), August Strindberg, 1902; Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), Selma Lagerlöf, 1907; Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking), Astrid Lindgren, 1945; Rid i Natt (Ride this Night), Vilhelm Moberg, 1941; Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimovic (I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic), Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2011 |
Switzerland | Austria | Walter Haffner | Das Kalb vor der Gotthardpost ('The calf in front of the Gotthardpost), Peter von Matt, 2012 |
Switzerland | Poland | Andrej Motyl | Die Physiker (The Physicists), Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 1961; Homo Faber (no English translation), Max Frisch, 1957 |
Venezuela | Switzerland | Cèsar Mèndez Gonzàlez | Doña Barbara ('Ms Barbara'), Ròmulo Gallegos, 1929 |
Vietnam | Netherlands | Ngo Thi Hoa | Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kieu), Nguyen Du, 1820 |