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The Swan (novel)
''The Swan'' (orig. Icelandic ''Svanurinn'') is a novel written by the Icelandic writer Guðbergur Bergsson in 1991. Plot introduction The story is about a nine-year-old girl sent to a country farm in Iceland to serve her probation for shoplifting (which is a characteristic Icelandic sentence). In the novel, the girl finds a kind of freedom by submitting to the inevitable restraints and suffering of remote rural life. Awards and nominations *In 1991, Guðbergur Bergsson got the Icelandic Literary Prize for his novel, ''Svanurinn''. *In 1992, ''Svanurinn'' was nominated for the Literary Prize of the Nordic Council. Translation *This is one of the few novels by Guðbergur Bergsson that are available in English. The English version is translated by Bernard Scudder, a member of the team producing an English translation of the Icelandic Sagas. Adaptation In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie ''The Swan A swan is a bird of the genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðbergur Bergsson
Guðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland. In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer Jaime Salinas Bonmatí. His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize twice. In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. Works * ''Músin sem læðist'', 1961 * ''Tómas Jónsson, metsölubók'' (1966). Translated by Lytton Smith as ''Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller'' (Open Letter, 2017). * ''Ástir samlyndra hjóna'', 1967 * ''Anna'', 1968 * ''Það sefur í djúpinu'', 1973 * ''Hermann og Dídí'', 1974 * ''Það rís úr djúpinu'', 1976 * ''Saga af manni sem fékk flugu í höfuðið'', 1979 * ''Sagan af Ara Fróðasyni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 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 Icelandic Literary Prize for academic wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Scudder
Bernard John Scudder (29 August 1954 – 15 October 2007) was a British translator from Icelandic language, Icelandic into English language, English. His translations include the work of best-selling crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Scudder's translation of Arnaldur's novel ''Silence of the Grave'' won the 2005 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. In a 2014 article, Ann Cleeves listed Scudder's translation of Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason as one of the top 10 crime novels in translation. References * 1954 births 2007 deaths Icelandic–English translators 20th-century British translators {{UK-translator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Sagas
The sagas of Icelanders ( is, Íslendingasögur, ), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age. They were written in Old Icelandic, a western dialect of Old Norse. They are the best-known specimens of Icelandic literature. They are focused on history, especially genealogical and family history. They reflect the struggle and conflict that arose within the societies of the early generations of Icelandic settlers. The Icelandic sagas are valuable and unique historical sources about medieval Scandinavian societies and kingdoms, in particular in regards to pre-Christian religion and culture. Eventually many of these Icelandic sagas were recorded, mostly in the 13th and 14th centuries. The 'authors', or rather recorders of these sagas are largely unknown. One saga, ''Egil's Saga'', is beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (born 1 August 1984) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. Ása graduated with an MA in filmmaking from Columbia University in 2012. Ása's 2017 feature film, ''The Swan'', was based on Guðbergur Bergsson Guðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spa ...'s 1991 book of the same name. Her second film, '' A Letter from Helga'', was based on Bergsvein Birgisson's 2010 book of the same name. Filmography Director * ''Love Story'' (2012) – short * ''You and Me'' (2015) – short * ''The Swan'' (2017) * ''Last Dance'' (2020) – short * '' A Letter from Helga'' (2022) References External links Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttirat the Icelandic Film Centre * Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swan (film 2017)
A swan is a bird of the genus ''Cygnus'' (true swans) or ''Coscoroba'' (coscoroba swans). Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film and television * ''The Swan'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent film * ''The Swan'' (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title * Swan (1976 film), a Bulgarian drama film * ''Swan'', a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents * ''The Swan'' (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004 * ''Swan'' (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde Literature * ''Swan'' (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko * "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire * ''The Swan'' (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford * ''The Swan'' (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson * "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl * ''The Swan'', a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár * ''The Swan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Novels
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Novels
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet * Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( is, íslenskur nautgripur ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide va ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In Iceland
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term Romance (literary fiction), "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek novel, Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
