''Hundadagar'' ('Dog-Days') is a 2015 novel by

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 Einar grew up in Reykjavík. In 1979 he received hi ...

, published in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

Mál og menning Mál og menning (, ) is an Icelandic publishing house, established in 1937. The press has published the work of many of Iceland's best known authors, among them Þórbergur Þórðarson, Jóhannes úr Kötlum, Svava Jakobsdóttir, Þórarinn El ...

. It won the 2015

Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin 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 literature category.Kristján Guðjónsson, 'Þeir hljóta íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin: Einar Már, Gunnar Helga og Gunnar Þór hljóta verðlaunin í ár', ''DV'' 10 February 2016, http://www.dv.is/menning/2016/2/10/islensku-bokmenntaverdlaunin-2015/ . It is set between the 1720s and the 1820s and prominently features the English collector of (''inter alia'') Icelandic manuscripts

Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English Natural history, naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the European and American voyages of scientific exploration, 1766 natural-history ...

Translations

* ''Hundedage'', trans. by Erik Skyum-Nielsen (København: Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2015), nd edn 2016, ; 9788711485828

References

2015 novels Icelandic novels Novels set in Iceland Novels set in the 18th century Novels set in the 19th century Icelandic-language novels Mál og menning books {{2010s-hist-novel-stub