Icelandic Literature Center
The role of the Center is to raise awareness of Icelandic literature, both in Iceland and abroad, and to promote its distribution.
News
Record-breaking year for publication of translations of Icelandic books in Russia
Books by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir, Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Arnar Már Arngrímsson, Steinar Bragi and Andri Snær Magnason have been published in Russia in 2020
moreIcelanders read or listened to more books than in pre-COVID times
A new poll by the Icelandic Literature Center reveals that during the previous month, Icelanders read or listened to 2.5 books on average, compared with 2.3 books during the same period last year.
moreApplications for translation grants into other languages break all records
Interest in Icelandic literature is keen internationally, as witness the record number of applications for translations grants received by the Icelandic Literature Center. Grants have been awarded for 111 translations from Icelandic into 28 languages. Applications totalled 147 this year, a record-breaking number.
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