Nominations for the 2018 Icelandic Literary Prize

5. December, 2018

On December 1st, the nominations of 15 titles for the Icelandic Literary Prize were announced at Kjarvalsstaðir - Reykjavík Art Museum. There were nominations in three categories; fiction, non-fiction and literature for children and young adults, with 5 nominations in each category. Below is a list of this year's nominated works in each category. The prize will be awarded by the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, in January 2019.

Fiction - Nominated works:

 

• Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir: Ungfrú Ísland. Publisher: Benedikt Publishing

• Bergsveinn Birgisson: Lifandilífslækur. Publisher: Bjartur Publishing

• Gerður Kristný: Sálumessa. Publisher: Mál og menning (Forlagið)

• Hallgrímur Helgason: Sextíu kíló af sólskini. Publisher: JPV (Forlagið)

• Hannes Pétursson: Haustaugu. Publisher: Opna Publishing

Non-Fiction - Nominated works:

 

• Auður Jónsdóttir, Bára Huld Beck & Steinunn Stefánsdóttir: Þjáningar frelsið. Óreiða hugsjóna og hagsmuna í heimi fjölmiðla. Publisher: Mál og menning (Forlagið)

• Hörður Kristinsson, Jón Baldur Hlíðberg & Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir: Flóra Íslands. Blóm plöntur og birkningar. Publisher: Vaka-Helgafell (Forlagið)

• Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson: Bókasafn föður míns. Publisher: Bjartur Publishing 

• Sverrir Jakobsson: Kristur. Saga hugmyndar. Publisher: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag 

• Þórunn Jarla Valdimarsdóttir: Skúli fógeti - faðir Reykjavíkur. Publisher: JPV (Forlagið)

Children and Young Adult - Nominated works:

 

• Hjörleifur Hjartarson & Rán Flygenring: Sagan um Skarphéðin Dungal sem setti fram nýjar kenningar um eðli alheimsins. Publisher: Angústúra 

• Hildur Knútsdóttir: Ljónið. Publisher: JPV (Forlagið)

• Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir: Rotturnar. Publisher: Vaka-Helgafell (Forlagið)

• Sigrún Eldjárn: Silfurlykillinn. Publisher: Mál og menning (Forlagið)

• Arnar Már Arngrímsson: Sölvasaga Daníelssonar. Publisher: Sögur