Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Ragnar Jónasson & Sigrún Eldjárn at The Göteborg Book Fair
The Göteborg Book Fair will be held September 26th to 29th and like previous years, Icelandic authors and Icelandic literature will feature prominently at the fair.
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Icelandic Publishers Strengthen Ties to Swedish Colleagues in Stockholm
Publisher exchanges between Iceland and Sweden took place for the first time in June of this year.
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We Wish You a Nice Summer!
Due to summer vacations, the Icelandic Literature Center's office will be closed in July.
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Eva Rún Snorradóttir Awarded The May Star Poetry Prize for Her Poetry Book "Fræ sem frjóvga myrkrið"
The prize was now awarded for the third time for a book of poetry.
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Translations into Icelandic from Eight Different Languages; English, Ancient Greek, French, Spanish, Czech, Russian, German, and Japanese.
A considerable increase in application and awarded grants compared to the same time last year.
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Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Culture Presents the Icelandic Literature Center's Grassroots Grants
Grassroots Grants are awarded annually to emerging writers in order to support and encourage them on their path.
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Translators Silvia Cosimini and John Swedenmark Receive the Orðstír Award 2019
Orðstír is the honorary award for translators of Icelandic literature into a foreign language, and was presented for the third time at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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Icelandic Served as an International Language at a Successful Translators' Seminar in Veröld – Vigdis' House
Eighteen translators, veterans and newcomers in the field, from 10 linguistic areas gathered at the seminar. The languages that they translate into are Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, Russian, Latvian, German, and Italian.
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International Translators' Seminar held 29 April–30 April. Nineteen translators from eleven linguistic areas participate
With this seminar, the Icelandic Literature Centre aims to strengthen the bonds with translators working from Icelandic to various other languages, demonstrate through action how appreciated their work is, and welcome new translators.
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Nominations for the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.
Fourteen works have been nominated for the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. Eight Nordic languages are represented among this year’s nominations, which were presented at the international book fair in Bologna on 2 April.
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