Icelandic Authors

A list of Icelandic authors and their books in translations.

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Authors

Joachim B. Schmidt

Arabic Arabíska Crime Fiction Czech English Enska Franska French German Glæpasögur Greek Gríska Hebreska Hebrew Italian Ítalska Slovak Slóvakíska Spanish Spænska Tékkneska

Joachim B. Schmidt (b. 1981), grew up in the Swiss canton of Grisons before emigrating to Iceland in 2007. His novels Tell and Kalmann were bestsellers, with Kalmann receiving the Crime Cologne Award 2021 and placing third for the Swiss Crime Fiction Prize. Kalmann was also shortlisted for the 2023 Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award and is currently shortlisted for the Petrona Award in the UK, for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 2023.

Schmidt, who has dual citizenship, lives with his wife and their two children in Reykjavík, Iceland.


Works in Translation

  • Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain (2023)

English/world (Bitter Lemon), Czech Republic (Prostor), France (Gallimard), Film Rights (Kontent)

 

  • Kalmann (2020)

World Arabic (Al Arabi), Czech Republic (Prostor), English/world (Bitter Lemon), France (Gallimard), Greece (Metachmio), Israel (Keter), Italy (SEM Libri), Persian (Nam Books), Slovakia (Literárna bašta), World Spanish (Gatopardo), Film Rights (Kontent)

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