Nominations for the 2013 Icelandic Literary Prize
15 titles have been nominated for the 2013 Icelandic Literary Prize, in three categories. For the first time, there are nominations in the category of literature for children and young adults.
15 titles have been nominated for the 2013 Icelandic Literary Prize, in three categories. For the first time, there are nominations in the category of literature for children and young adults.
On Sunday, December 1, the nominations of 15 titles for the Icelandic Literary Prize were announced at the National Gallery of Iceland. There were nominations in three categories – fiction, nonfiction and literature for children and young adults, with 5 nominations in each category. This year marks the 25th that the prize is handed out. Below is a list of this year's nominated works in each category.
Children and Young Adult - Nominated works:
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Timebox / Tímakistan
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Book of Smiles / Brosbókin
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Freya's Saga:The Wall / Freyju Saga - Múrinn
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The Runaways on Shadowskerry / Strokubörnin á Skuggaskeri
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Villi's Science Book / Vísindabók Villa
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Fiction - Nominated works:
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1983
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Dignity / Sæmd
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Fish do not have feet / Fiskarnir hafa enga fætur
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Moonstone - The Boy Who Never Was / Mánasteinn - Drengurinn sem aldrei var til
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The Woman With the Yellow Bag / Dísusaga-Konan með gulu töskuna
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Non-Fiction - Nominated works:
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Leiftur á horfinni öld - Hvað er merkilegt við íslenskar fornbókmenntir?
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Icelandic Book of Models / Íslenska teiknibókin
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Water in Icelandic Nature / Vatnið í náttúru Íslands
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The Icelandic Mountain Book / Fjallabókin
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Angling in Iceland and The Book of Icelandic Lakes / Stangveiðar á Íslandi og Íslensk Vatnabók
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Nominations for the Icelandic Translators' Prize 2013
At the same occasion, a jury commissioned by the Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters also announced the following five nominations for the Icelandic Translators' Prize, which will be awarded by the president of Iceland at Gljúfrasteinn, former residence of Halldór Laxness, on April 23, 2014.
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Histories / Rannsóknir Heródótusar
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Ó søgur um djevulskap / Ó - Sögur um djöfulsskap
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Ljóð 1954-2004
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As I Lay Dying / Sem ég lá fyrir dauðanum
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La voz dormida / Rödd í dvala
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