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Icelandic Literature Award
The Icelandic Literary Prize (Icelandic language, Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's centennial in 1989. One award is for fiction or poetry, one for children's books and one for academic and non-fiction works. Five books are nominated in each category, and the year's nominations are publicized in the beginning of December, but the prize itself is not awarded until January. Because the year's nominations come in the middle of the Jólabókaflóð, Christmas book flood, these books receive a great deal of marketing. Once the books have been nominated, the Icelandic Publishers Association appoints a selection committee which chooses the winners. List of winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction List of winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize for children's books List of winners of the Icelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language, Norn. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four-case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Icelandic vocabulary is also deeply conservative, with the country's language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining terms based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelandic speakers can read cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafur Gunnarsson
Ólafur Gunnarsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 18 July 1948) is a contemporary Icelandic author and translator. Life and work After graduating from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1968, Gunnarsson worked from 1965 to 1971 for Ásbjörn Ólafsson ehf, and was a driver with the Reykjavík medical emergency services from 1972 to 1978. Since 1974 he has worked as an independent writer and translator. Ólafur began his literary career as a poet, with poems appearing in newspapers, magazines and pamphlets before his first novel, ''Milljón prósent menn (Million Percent Men)'', which appeared in 1978. He has published novels, short stories and children's books as well as a travel story about his road trip with co-author and fellow novelist Einar Kárason in America in 2006. His novel ''Tröllakirkja'' ''(Trolls' Cathedral)'' was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in 1992 and the English translation was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literature Award in 1996. A st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Már Guðmundsson
Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 18 September 1954 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author of novels, short stories, and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages. Background Guðmundsson grew up in Reykjavík. In 1979 he received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Iceland in comparative literature and history. He subsequently worked in the comparative literature department of the University of Copenhagen. Today, the author lives in Reykjavík, is married, and has five children. Works Einar's first book was poetry and his best-known work is his novel ''Englar alheimsins'' (''Angels of the Universe''), subsequently adapted as a film. * 1980: '' Sendisveinninn er einmana,'' poetry ( Gallerí Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík) * 1980: '' Er nokkur í Kórónafötum hér inni?,'' poetry (Gallerí Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík) * 1981: '' Róbinson Krúsó snýr aftur,'' poetry ( Iðunn, Reykjavík) * 1982: '' Riddarar hringstigans,'' novel ( Almenna bókafélagið, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ófeigur Sigurðsson
Ófeigur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic poet, novelist and translator. He was born in Reykjavík on 2 November 1975. Ófeigur studied philosophy at the University of Iceland and graduated in 2007, writing a thesis on the work of Georges Bataille Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, .... In 2001 he published his first book of poetry, , with the avant-garde press Nykur. Ófeigur has to this date published seven books of poetry, four novels and several translations. Ófeigur was the first Icelander to be awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2011 for the novel ''Jon''. In 2014 he published the novel ''Öræfi'' 'Oraefi: The Wasteland''to critical acclaim as well as great commercial success, it was the third best selling book of the year with five printings se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjón
260px, Sjón at LiteratureXchange Festival ín Aarhus (Denmark 2019) Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón ( ; ; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his first name), is an Icelandic poet, novelist, lyricist, and screenwriter. Sjón frequently collaborates with the singer Björk and has performed with The Sugarcubes as Johnny Triumph. His works have been translated into 30 languages. Early life Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Sjón grew up in the city's Breiðholt district, where he lived with his mother. He began his writing career early and published his first book of poetry, ''Sýnir'' (Visions), in 1978 at 16. Career He was one of the founding members of the neo-surrealist group Medúsa and became significant in Reykjavik's cultural scene. Active on the Icelandic music scene since the early 1980s, Sjón has collaborated with many of the best known artists of the era and was featured as guest vocalist on a rare Sugarcubes 12" single "Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (born 1 July 1978) is an Icelandic writer. For a long time most noted as an experimental poet, he has recently also come to prominence as one of Iceland's foremost prose writers. Biography Born in Reykjavík, Eiríkur Örn grew up in Ísafjörður. By Eiríkur's account he committed to a career as a writer around 2000, though he has necessarily often found an income through a wide range of other jobs, experiencing some periods of considerable hardship.S. J. Fowler, ‘ "Prostitutes don’t just get lucky by accident": An Interview with Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl', ''3:AM Magazine'', Sunday, 4 April 2010. http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-8-eirikur-orn-norddahl. He lived in Berlin from around 2002-4, and over the next ten years in various northern European countries, most prominently in Helsinki (c. 2006-9) and Oulu (c. 2009-11). In 2004 Eiríkur was a founder member of the Icelandic avant-garde poetry collective Nýhil, which organised poetry eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir is an Icelandic writer born on 17 March 1976. She studied philosophy at the University of Iceland. Her first novel and collection came out in 1998 to acclaim. She has written five novels since then. In 2000, her novel ''Fyrirlestur um hamingjuna'' ("Lecture on Happiness") was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cent .... In 2006 she was awarded the DV Culture Prize for the novel ''Yosoy''. In 2012, she was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize for ''Allt með kossi vekur'' ("Everything Is Woken with a Kiss"). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerður Kristný
Gerður Kristný (born 1970) is an Icelandic writer who is best known for her poetry and books for children. Early life Gerður Kristný was born on 10 June 1970 and brought up in Reykjavík. She graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992 with a BA thesis on Charles Baudelaire’s '' Les Fleurs du Mal''. Before becoming a full-time writer, she trained at Danish Radio TV. Career Gerður Kristný was editor of the magazine ''Mannlíf'' from 1998–2004 and wrote numerous books for children, short stories, and poetry during the same time. In 2005, she published the biography ''Myndin af pabba: Saga Thelmu'' (''A Portrait of Dad: Thelma's Story''), which tells the story of a group of sisters' experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of their father in the 1960s and 70s.Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson, Bergsteinn Sigurðsson, and others, ''Ísland í aldanna rás, 2001-2010: Saga lands og þjóðar ár frá ári'' (Reykjavík: JPV, 2012), 195. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankster (novel)
''Bankster: Skáldsaga'' was the first novel by Guðmundur Óskarsson and the 2009 winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cent ... for fiction. Summary The novel takes the form of a diary by its protagonist, Markús. As summarised by Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson: ''Bankster'' is in most respects a well written, traditional, psychological, realist novel, and a good example of the genre. It tells the story of an individual without attempting to any significant degree to put it in a wider or more general context. Markús is a young person who has worked in a bank. He was doing well before the Crash, and seemed absolutely typical of his section of society. He sails more or less unknowingly to his doom just as one imagines the majority of ordinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðmundur Óskarsson
Guðmundur or Gudmundur is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Guðmundur''. Guðmundur may refer to: *Guðmundur Arason (1161–1237), 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop * Gudmundur S. (Bo) Bodvarsson (1952–2006), director of the Earth Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory *Guðmundur Finnbogason (1873–1944), Icelandic philosopher * Gudmundur Fjelsted (died 1961), politician in Manitoba, Canada *Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handball) (born 1960), the coach of the Iceland national handball team *Guðmundur Gunnarsson (born 1945), Icelandic labour leader and father of Icelandic singer Björk *Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson (born 1982), Icelandic musician and composer *Guðmundur G. Hagalín (1898–1985), Icelandic writer *Guðmundur Jónsson (born 1953), Icelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Kárason
Einar Kárason (born 24 November 1955 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic writer. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980. In 1981 he published his first novel. He is best known for his novel ''Þar sem djöflaeyjan rís.'' which was translated into English as ''Devil's Island.'' The book was also made into the film ''Devil's Island''. He has been on the board or acted as chairman for several Icelandic writing associations. He wrote a book about the Sturlungar family clan The Sturlungs ( Icelandic: ) were a powerful family clan in 13th century Iceland, in the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth. Their story is partly told in ''Sturlunga saga'', and members of the clan were significant participants in the civil war ..., ''Óvinafagnaður'', in which all the most famous Vikings from Iceland come together and finally battle for power over Iceland. In 1993 Einar Kárason bit Guðjón Þórðarson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurður Pálsson
Sigurður Pálsson (born Skinnastaður, 30 July 1948 – 19 September 2017) was an Icelandic poet, author and translator. He worked primarily in cinema and television, theatre, and university teaching. He is particularly noted, among Icelandic writers, for his close links with France. Biography Sigurður grew up in the north-east of Iceland. He died of illness in 2017. Education Sigurður graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1967, having been taught French by, amongst others, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir; and then, at the age of 19, proceeded to France. He studied French from 1967-68 in Paris and Toulouse, before taking a ''Diplôme universitaire d'études littéraires'' and the first part of an MA at University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle and studying cinema at the Conservatoire libre du cinéma français. In 1978-82, Sigurður returned to the Sorbonne to complete his MA and take a DEA. He also studied film directing at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma França ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
