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 Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

, Eiríkur Örn grew up in

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

. 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

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from around 2002-4, and over the next ten years in various northern European countries, most prominently in

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(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 events and publishing; the co-operative continued until around 2010. He was a prominent contributor to ''

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'' in 2009-11. Eiríkur Örn has married; his first child was born in 2009.

Awards

In 2008, Eiríkur Örn received the Icelandic Translators Award for his translation of Jonathan Lethem's tourettic novel, ''Motherless Brooklyn''. His poetry-animation ''Höpöhöpö Böks'' received an Honorable Mention in 2010 at the Zebra Poetry Film Festival Berlin. Eiríkur Örn won the 2012

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 cen ...

in the category of fiction and poetry and the 2012 Book Merchants' Prize for his novel '' Illska'' (lit. Evil).

Writing

Poetry

Eiríkur Örn is best known internationally for his poetry, much of which is sound-poetry or multi-media, and which he performs widely. Much of it has been translated, into a variety of languages. His published collections are: * ''Óratorrek: Ljóð um samfélagsleg málefni'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2017) * ''Plokkfiskbókin'' (Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016) * '' Hnefi eða vitstola orð'', Mál & menning, 2013 *
IWF! IWF! OMG! OMG!
', a collection of poems translated into German by Jón Bjarni Atlason and Alexander Sitzmann *
Ú á fasismann - og fleiri ljóð
', Mál & menning, 2008 *
Þjónn, það er Fönix í öskubakkanum mínum
', Nýhil, 2007 *
Handsprengja í morgunsárið
', with Ingólfi Gíslasyni, Nýhil, 2007 *
Blandarabrandarar
', Nýhil, 2005 *
Nihil Obstat
', Nýhil, 2003 *
Heimsendapestir
', Nýhil, 2002 * ''Heilagt stríð: runnið undan rifjum drykkjumanna'', self-published, 2001

Novels

Eiríkur Örn is best known in Iceland for his novels, of which he has so far published six: * ''Hans Blær'', Mál og Menning, 2018 * '' Heimska'', Mál og Menning, 2015 * '' Illska'', Mál og Menning, 2012 * '' Gæska: Skáldsaga'', Mál og Menning, 2009 * ''Eitur fyrir byrjendur'', Nýhil, 2006 (in Swedish as ''Gift för nybörjare'', trans. by Anna Gunnarsdotter Grönberg (Rasmus) and in German as ''Gift für Anfanger'') * ''Hugsjónadruslan'', Mál og Menning, 2004

Translations

* ''Hvítsvíta'' by Athena Farrokhzad, Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016 * ''Erfðaskrá vélstúlkunnar'' by Ida Linde, Meðgönguljóð, 2014 * ''Friðlaus'' by

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, 2010 * ''Spádómar Nostradamusar'' by Mario Reading, 2010 * ''

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'' by

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, 2010 * ''Í frjálsu falli'' by

, 2009 * ''Maíkonungurinn - valin ljóð eftir

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'', Mál & menning, 2008 * ''Doktor Proktor og prumpuduftið'' by

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, Forlagið, 2008 * ''Súkkulaði'' by

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, Uppheimar 2007 * ''131.839 slög með bilum'' -ljóðaþýðingar, Ntamo, 2007 * ''Móðurlaus Brooklyn'' by Jonathan Lethem, Bjartur, 2007 * ''Heljarþröm'' by

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, Forlagið, 2007 * ''Eminem - ævisaga'' by

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, Tindur, 2006 * ''Heimskir hvítir karlar'' by Michael Moore, Edda-Forlagið, 2003

Essays

*
Booby, be Quiet!
', Helsinki: Poesia, 2011 * ''Ást er þjófnaður'', Perspired by Iceland/SLIS (Sumarbúðir LIsthneigðra Sósíalista), 2011

Editing

* Eiríkur Örn is an editor of the webzine
Starafugl
' *
Af steypu
', with Kári Páll Óskarsson, Nýhil, 2009 *
Af ljóðum
', Nýhil, 2005

References

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