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The Icelandic authors Hallgrímur Helgason, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Einar Kárason, Elísabet Jökulsdóttir and Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir will be special guests of the festival.

Here you can read about our grants for publishers and translators abroad, and deadlines. 

Kristín Ómarsdóttir and Kristín Eiríksdóttir are nominated, on behalf of Iceland, for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2019.

A selection of titles of fiction, non-fiction, children & YA, debutants, crime fiction and more information about Icelandic literature.

Reykjavik will be flooded with interesting authors from all over the world reading from their published works. In the next few weeks the authors paritcipating this year will be presented – so stay tuned!

Hallgrímur Helgason, Sigrún Eldjárn, Hörður Kristinsson, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir & Jón Baldur Hlíðberg received the prizes in three categories; fiction, non fiction and children and young adult´s fiction

On March 12-14 we will be at the joint Nordic stand number 6F70, together with our sister organizations and some publishers from the Nordic countries. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tina Flecken is a translator of Icelandic literature into German and in this interview with Magnús Guðmundsson she speaks of her dream project, life in an Icelandic farm and the many books she has translated.

Erik Skyum-Nielsen has translated more than seventy Icelandic literary works of various kinds into Danish and received honorary awards both in Iceland and Denmark.