Icelandic Authors

A list of Icelandic authors and their books in translations.

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Authors

Gunnar Helgason

Barna– og ungmennabækur Children – YA Danish Danska Italian Ítalska Korean Kóreska Macedonian Makedónska

Gunnar Helgason is a popular actor and well known for all kinds of entertaining material for children which has enjoyed great popularity for some years. In the past few years Helgason has published several extremely popular children‘s books, including the five-book series The Great Football Saga and the four-part series about Stella and her family. My Bonkers Mum! won him the Icelandic Literature Prize and the Children's Choice Book Prize has been bestowed upon him six times. In this book, Helgason creates a brand new, exciting literary world in which it is easy to get lost.

 

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Works in translation

  • Bannað að eyðileggja (Do Not Destroy) 2021 

Film Rights Sold

  • Drottningin sem kunni allt nema... (The Queen who Could Do Everything, Except...) 2021

Faroe Islands (Bókadeildin)

  • Pabbi prófessor (Professor Dad) 2016

Italy (Uovonero)

  • Mamma klikk (My Bonkers Mum) 2015

Denmark (Turbine) transl. Nanna Kalkar; Italy (Uovonero); South Korea (WooriSchool); Macedonia (Antolog Books) transl. Natasha Spirova Serafimova; Film rights: Saga Film


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