Literary translators from Icelandic into several foreign languages can be found on the website, together with information about their education, career and selected translations.

If you have any questions, or would like further information on Icelandic literature, writers, publishers or grants, we would love to hear from you!

Culture and arts initiative by the Ministry of Education and Culture, spring 2020.

Diverse writings translated into Icelandic by experienced translators. The picture shows few covers of previosly granted translations into Icelandic. 

For those who have been awarded travel grants or grants for translation of Icelandic literature

With a temporary 50% guarantee of grants for translations the literature export organisations in the Nordic countries wish to encourage further exchange of literature and reinforce the support for translation of fiction, non-fiction and children's literature for the benefit of authors, translators, publishers and literary agencies.

Here are the awards and prizes granted last year where the pool was all published Icelandic books in various genres.

The Göteborg Book Fair will be held September 24th to 27th and like previous years, Icelandic authors and Icelandic literature will feature prominently at the fair. 

Icelandic nominations: Villueyjar (E. Kingdom of the Islands) by Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir & Egill spámaður (E. Egill) by Lani Yamamoto.