Nordic Cool 2013 and new Icelandic titles in English translation
Gerður Kristný, Hallgrímur Helgason and Kristín Ómarsdóttir in Washington D.C.
Three Icelandic authors participated this week in the literature program of the Kennedy Center Nordic Cool 2013 international festival. Nordic Cool 2013 is a month-long festival of theater, dance, music, visual arts, literature, design, cuisine, and film to highlight the diverse cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as the territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Áland Islands.
Kristín Ómarsdóttir took part in the program In the Cracks Between the Lines: Magic Realism of the North,
Gerður Kristný in Poetic Expressions of Nordic Origins--Reflections Today and
Hallgrímur Helgason in Family – Secrets and Truths
The Program of the Nordic Cool 2013 festival can be found here.
New selected Icelandic works in English translation presented at the festival:
Here you can download the pdf.