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Bókmenntaverðlaun Starfsfólks Bókaverslana
Bókmenntaverðlaun starfsfólks bókaverslana ('literature prize of the staff of bookshops') are a set of Icelandic literary prizes which are awarded by the Icelandic Félag starfsfólks bókaverslana (union of bookshop staff) in December every year. The prizes were first awarded in 2000, the same year as the union was founded. The awards are made in the midst of the annual Christmas rush in the Icelandic book market (known as the ''jólabókaflóð'') and generally attract a lot of interest. Three books are nominated in each of seven categories and the winner in each category is decorated with a special mark and so easily recognised in bookshops. The union also awards Lóð á vogarskál íslenskra bókmennta during Iceland's book-week. Winners 2014 * Ófeigur Sigurðsson, ''Öræfi'' (besta íslenska skáldsagan) * Snorri Baldursson, ''Lífríki Íslands'' (besta handbókin/fræðibókin) * Helga Guðrún Johnson, ''Saga þeirra, sagan mín'' / Jóhanna Kristjónsdóttir, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félag Starfsfólks Bókaverslana
(Old Norse, meaning "fellowship, partnership") was a joint financial venture between partners in Viking Age society.Fritzner, Johan (1867). Ordbog over det Gamle Norske Sprog'. Feilberg & Landmark. p. 139. Etymology The word ' is constructed by the word ' (cattle, wealth) and a verbal base denoting "lay", the meaning being "to lay property together."Falk, Hjalmar and Torp, Alf (1992) ''Etyomologisk Ordbog over det Danske og det Norske Sprog'', entry ''fællig'', ''fælles'' and ''fælle''. Bjørn Ringstrøms Antikvariat. The Old Norse word ' "companion, comrade" originally meaning "one who has with another" has resulted in the modern English word ''fellow'' from Old English ', Danish ' from Old Danish ''felge'', and Norwegian '. The modern English word ''fellowship'' derives from the Old Norse ' stem, adding the -ship suffix as a "condition of being", cognate with Icelandic language, Icelandic '. The word also exists in other Germanic languages, Germanic languages; Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He wrote '' A Man Called Ove'' (2012), ''Things My Son Needs to Know about the World'' (2012), '' My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry'' (2013), '' Britt-Marie Was Here'' (2014), '' Beartown'' (2017), ''Us Against You'' (2018), '' Anxious People'' (2020), ''The Winners'' (2022), and ''My Friends'' (2025). The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. Backman's books have been published in more than twenty-five languages. Biography Backman grew up in Helsingborg, Scania, Sweden. He has been writing for the Swedish newspaper ''Helsingborgs Dagblad'' and for the Swedish men's magazine, ''Moore Magazine.'' Backman debuted as a novelist in 2012 with ''A Man Called Ove.'' The novel was adapted as a film which premiered on 25 December 2015, and again in 2023. The rights to his book ''Beartown'' were bought by Swedish production company, Filmlance. It was adapted for televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biro Val
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indian, Indonesian, Pakistani, and Philippine English), or dot pen ( Nepali English and South Asian English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". The metals commonly used are steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. The design was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument; millions are manufactured and sold daily. It has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre. History Origins The concept of using a "ball point" within a writing instrument to apply ink to paper has existed since the late 19th century. In these inventions, the ink was placed in a thin tube whose end was blocked by a tiny ball, held so that it could not slip into the tube or fall out of the pen. The first patent for a ballpoint pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorsteinn Frá Hamri
Þorsteinn frá Hamri (aka Þorsteinn Jónsson), (15 Mar 1938 – 28 Jan 2018) was an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated five times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of 35 years. Writings Since his first book of poems released in the 1950s, Þorsteinn frá Hamri had published seventeen volumes of poetry and six of prose fiction by 2000.Kristjana Gunnars, 'Medan pu vaktir(Book review) ''World Literature Today'', January 2000, retrieved January 2008. References See also * Þorsteinn Jonsson entry in Dennis McIntire, ''International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopaedia'', Routledge, 2001, pp. 270–271. * Hermann Stefánsson (Transl. Dagur Gunnarsson),The clamour of elves and the magic of birds – On the writings of Þorsteinn frá Hamri, Reykjavík City Library, 2002. Bibliography Novels, short stories and ''sagnaþættir'' (chronicles) * 1963 – Skuldaskil (The Reckoning) * 1969 – Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógardraumur (The St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Pétursson
Hannes Pétursson (born 14 December 1931) is an Icelandic poet and writer who has authored a number of books of poetry and other works and received many awards. He is amongst the most widely translated of living Icelandic poets. He is a recipient of the German Henrik Steffens Prize in 1975 and the Icelandic Literary Prize for his poetry collection '' Eldhylur'' in 1993. Biography Hannes was born in and educated in Reykjavík. He was 23 years old when he published his first book of poetry, ''Kvæðabók'', which attracted attention. He completed a course in Icelandic Studies and philology at the University of Iceland in 1959 and worked for (Cultural Publishing) between 1959 and 1976. By 1966 he had already established himself as one of Iceland's leading poets. Hannes has authored collections of poetry, fiction, narrative elements, short stories and travelogues, a book about the poet Steingrímur Thorsteinsson, a reference work on literature, and many translations. He was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for radio and television. She has lived in different places in Europe, the United States and Japan. Since the mid-nineties, she has mostly lived abroad − first in Paris, now in Berlin. Career At the beginning of her writing career, until the 1980s, she published poems and short stories, thus becoming rather well known in her country. In 1995, she received the Icelandic National Prize for Literature for her novel ''Hjartastaður'' (''Heart Place''). In this novel, the author describes the difficult relationship between a mother living alone with her teenage daughter and the young girl. The text is integrating some elements of a road movie, because the protagonists are on a journey through Iceland from Reykjavík to the east coast. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 17 December 1963) is an Icelandic author. Biography Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked different jobs after finishing high school. From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the University of Iceland, but did not pass an important exam. During this time, Stefánsson taught courses at high schools and wrote articles for the Icelandic newspaper ''Morgunblaðið''. Between 1992 and 1995, he lived off various jobs in Copenhagen, Denmark. Afterwards he returned to Iceland and worked as a librarian for the Municipal Library in Mosfellsbær. Since then, he has been living as an independent author in Iceland. In 2017 his novel ''Fish Have No Feet'' was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize. He has been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize four times. Bibliography Novels * ''Skurðir í rigningu'' (1996, "Ditches in rain") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan (born September 7, 1962) is an American novelist and short-story writer. Her novel, ''A Visit from the Goon Squad,'' won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. From 2018 to 2020, she served as the president of PEN America. Early life After graduating from Katherine Delmar Burke School and Lowell High School (San Francisco), Lowell High School, Egan majored in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. While an undergraduate, she dated Steve Jobs, who installed a Macintosh 128K, Macintosh computer in her bedroom. After graduating, she spent two years at St John's College, Cambridge, supported by a Thouron Award, where she earned an M.A. She came to New York in 1987 and worked an array of jobs, including catering at the World Trade Center, while learning to write. Career Egan has published short fiction in the ''The New Yorker, New Yorker'', ''Harper's Magazine, Harper's'', ''Zoetrope: All-Story'', and ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórdís Gísladóttir
Þórdís Gísladóttir, also Thordis Gisladottir, (born 14 July 1965) is an Icelanders, Icelandic children's book author, poet, novelist and a translator. She is known for her children's stories about Randalin and Mundi and her poetry has also been well received. Þórdís has worked as a project manager and university teacher at the University of Iceland and the Uppsala University in Sweden, been a web editor for the Nordic Council and she has translated 17 books and a play for the Reykjavik City Theater, edited a journal about children's literature, written about literature for the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen and made radio programs for The Icelandic National Radio. In 2010 Þórdís Gísladóttir received the Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar Guðmundssonar, Tómas Guðmundsson Award for her first poetry work ''Leyndarmál annarra'' ("Secrets of Others"). Her second book of Poetry, ''Velúr'' (2014) and her children's books ''Randalín, Mundi og afturgöngurnar'' (2015) and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Martin Strid
Jakob Martin Strid is a List of Danes#Artists, Danish cartoonist, who is known throughout Denmark for his successful series ''Strid'' in the Danish newspaper ''Politiken''. Before his mainstream success he drew for the socialist paper ''Socialisten''; both runs consisted mostly of satire on political events. He is decidedly on the political left, but every public figure is a target. His ''Strid'' series in ''Politiken'' featured (mostly) the artist himself (as his sobriquet ''Strid'') drawing, inviting guests and wandering off into intentionally far-fetched plots. There was much controversy around the strip when it ran in ''Politiken'' as he expressed sympathy with the Red Army Faction, Rote Armee Fraktion. (2001-02-28). Dagbladet Information . Retrieved on 2007-12-01. In 2012, Strid received the Danish Crown Prince Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
