
Office summer closing
Due to summer vacations, the Icelandic Literature Center's office will be closed from July 4th to August 2nd.
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Inspiring NordLit meeting in Stockholm
Icelandic Literature Center took part in a yearly meeting with the network of Nordic Literary Centers.
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Upcoming Icelandic books in 22 languages
Icelandic Literature Center recently allocated 54 translations grants for translations from Icelandic into 22 languages.
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See you at The London Book Fair April 5-7!
We look forward to returning to The London Book Fair and introduce new selected titles from Iceland!
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Books from Iceland 2022: Selected titles of fiction, non-fiction, children & YA, crime fiction and more
The Icelandic Literature Center announces the new annual booklet, Books from Iceland 2022 , which includes selected Icelandic titles from last year.
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The Icelandic Literary Prize 2021 announced
The awards are given in three categories; for fiction, non-fiction and children's- and young-adult books. The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented the prize in the presidential recidence Bessastaðir on the 25th of January. The event was televised live on RÚV.
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Nominations for the Icelandic Literary Prize 2021
The winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize 2021 will be announced by the end of January. The categories are three; Fiction, non-fiction and children's/young-adult books.
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Grants for translations into Icelandic announced; Contemporary fiction, classical works and children's books received grants
Works by renowned authors such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Colson Whitehead, Virginia Woolf, Rachel Cusk, Primo Levi, Sally Rooney og Mariana Enriquez will be published in Iceland in the coming year.
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Season's Greetings!
Warm holiday wishes from Icelandic Literature Center and a happy new year, filled with books!
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Icelanders read 2.3 books a month on average
The numbers show that Icelanders still read quite a lot and people are interested in reading. However the number of people who do not read at all is increasing.
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