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Nýhil
Nýhil was an Icelandic avant-garde small press and association of young writers, founded around 2002-2004 by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Haukur Már Helgason, followed shortly by Grímur Hákonarson, and ceasing operation around 2011. History The group's 'most active years were between 2004 and 2009'. The group was noted for its social criticism and international outlook, publishing over 50 volumes, and bringing over 40 writers from abroad to its poetry festivals. For a period beginning in spring 2006 the group ran a poetry bookshop in the premises of Bad Taste Records on Laugavegur. The group has also been identified as one of the sources of left-wing critical thinking that underpinned Iceland's 2009 ' Pots and pans revolution'. The group also ran an international poetry festival, whose seventh iteration took place in the Norræna húsið in autumn 2010. The collective drew to a close as its main members emerged into the Icelandic literary mainstream. Prominent Icelandic auth ... [...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 event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinar Bragi
Steinar Bragi (full name: Steinar Bragi Guðmundsson) is an Icelandic writer born 15 August 1975. He has been called 'Iceland's foremost contemporary author, in the estimation of many'. Career At the age of 23 he published his first book of poetry, ''Svarthol'', and his first novel, ''Turninn'' ('the tower'), was published in 2000. He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Iceland. In 2008, his book '' Konur'' ('Women') received great critical and commercial success and was nominated for the Nordic Council literature prize. Current affairs, particularly the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis, are prominent in his work from 2008 onwards, such as '' Konur'' and '' Hálendið: Skáldsaga''. Steinar Bragi is sometimes considered to be in the "new wave" of younger Icelandic authors influenced by popular culture and in his case the grotesque, with influences from horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft. He is also notable as a poet. Most of Steinar Bragi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977) is a founding member of Icelandic experimental band múm, and has been a part-time member of other Icelandic bands such as Benni Hemm Hemm, Singapore Sling, Slowblow, Andhéri, Skakkamanage, FM Belfast and Represensitive Man. In Iceland, Örvar is also known as a poet and author. ''Gamall þrjótur, nýjir tímar'' ("Old villain, new times") a book of poetry was published in 2005 as a part of Nýhil's Nordic literature series. It was preceded by the critically acclaimed novella ''Úfin, strokin'' ("Ruffled, stroked"), released in 2005 and described as "a detective boy novel updated for modern girls". He studied screenwriting at FAMU in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate .... Publications and discography * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Örvitinn; Eða Hugsjónamaðurinn
''Örvitinn eða; hugsjónamaðurinn'' (The Idiot, or, the Visionary) is a novel by Óttar M. Norðfjörð, published by Nýhil in 2010. It is illustrated by Inga Birgisdóttir. It has been characterised as 'a meditation on the first decade of the 21st century in novella form, a ''bildungsroman'' with close ties to Voltaire's ''Candide''’.'Óttar M. Norðfjörð', Icelandic Literature Center, http://www.islit.is/en/promotion-and-translations/icelandic-literature/interviews-with-icelandic-authors/nr/1620. Form The novella is a third-person narrative, and is an often allegorical satire of Western politics in the first decade of the twenty-first century, particularly the so-called 'war on terror'. It is ostentatiously a tissue of literary and philosophical references, which are catalogued in a long series of endnotes (pp. 137–48). Many of the characters are based on real philosophers or literary characters, and the wording of the text often alludes to other works. Besides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konur (novel)
''Konur'' is a 2008 Icelandic novel by Steinar Bragi. It enjoyed considerable critical and commercial success, was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, and has been widely translated. Synopsis The novel is set in Reykjavík during the boom that preceded the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis. The protagonist of the novel is Eva, an Icelander who spent most of her formative years in California, and works as an artist. Largely estranged from her family, recently abandoned by her long-term partner Hrafn (and emotionally scarred by the cot-death some years before of her daughter by him), and implicitly without a very successful career, Eva moves from New York to Reykjavík, taking up the offer of an Icelandic banker, Emil Þorsson, to house-sit his flat, in one of the new developments on Sæbraut, opposite the sculpture Sólfar. After a series of somewhat strange encounters with neighbours which serve as opportunities to develop Eva's character and back-story, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugavegur (Reykjavík)
Laugavegur () is the primary commercial artery of downtown Reykjavík, Iceland and one of the oldest shopping streets. The name means "wash road", as it used to lead to the hot springs in Laugardalur where in olden times the women of Reykjavík took their laundry for washing. It was constructed in 1885 as a result of town council's decision. It experienced economic setbacks mostly because shopping malls opened elsewhere, most notably Kringlan that opened in 1987 and Smáralind that opened in 2001. It maintains the charm of a historical shopping street and is still home to the more exclusive stores in Iceland. It is also home to many bars, nightclubs and restaurants. On Friday and Saturday nights, the street is often filled with people all night long. See also * Borgartún Borgartún () is a street in Reykjavík, Iceland, that in years leading up to the country's economic crisis became the centre of the city's financial district. Three of Iceland's four largest banks hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pots And Pans Revolution
The 2009–2011 Icelandic financial crisis protests, also referred to as the Kitchenware, Kitchen Implement or Pots and Pans Revolution ( Icelandic: ''Búsáhaldabyltingin''), occurred in the wake of the Icelandic financial crisis. There had been regular and growing protests since October 2008 against the Icelandic government's handling of the financial crisis. The protests intensified on 20 January 2009 with thousands of people protesting at the parliament (''Althing'') in Reykjavík. These were at the time the largest protests in Icelandic history. Protesters were calling for the resignation of government officials and for new elections to be held. The protests stopped for the most part with the resignation of the old government led by the right-wing Independence Party. A new left-wing government was formed after elections in late April 2009. It was supportive of the protestors and initiated a reform process that included the judicial prosecution before the Landsdómur of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
