Nominations for the 2016 Icelandic Literary Prize
15 titles have been nominated for the 2016 Icelandic Literary Prize, in three categories
On December 1st, the nominations of 15 titles for the Icelandic Literary Prize were announced at the Kjarvalsstaðir - Reykjavík Art Museum. There were nominations in three categories – fiction, nonfiction and literature for children and young adults, with 5 nominations in each category.
On December 1st, the nominations of 15 titles for the Icelandic Literary Prize were announced at the Kjarvalsstaðir - Reykjavík Art Museum. There were nominations in three categories – fiction, nonfiction and literature for children and young adults, with 5 nominations in each category. This is the 28th year that the prize is handed out. Below is a list of this year's nominated works in each category.
 Nominees for fiction |
 Nominees for children and young adult literature |
 Nominees for non-fiction |
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Fiction - Nominated works:
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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Ör Publisher: Benedikt bókaútgáfa |
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Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir Skegg RaspútínsPublisher: Bjartur
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Sigurður Pálsson Ljóð muna rödd Publisher: JPV útgáfa
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Sjón Ég er sofandi hurð (Codex 1962)
Publisher: JPV útgáfa
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Steinar Bragi Allt fer
Publisher: Mál og menning
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Non-Fiction - Nominated works:
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Árni Heimir Ingólfsson Saga tónlistarinnar
Publisher: Forlagið
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Bergsveinn Birgisson Leitin að svarta víkingnum
Publisher: Bjartur
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Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir Á hverju liggja ekki vorar göfugu kellíngar Publisher: Háskólaútgáfan |
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Ragnar Axelsson Andlit norðursins Publisher: Crymogea |
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Viðar Hreinsson Jón lærði og náttúrur náttúrunnar Publisher: Lesstofan |
Children and Young Adult - Nominated works:
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Hildur Knútsdóttir Vetrarhörkur Publisher: JPV útgáfa |
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Hildur Knútsdóttir & Þórdís Gísladóttir Doddi: bók sannleikans! Publisher: Bókabeitan |
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Margrét Tryggvadóttir & Linda Ólafsdóttir Íslandsbók barnanna Publisher: Iðunn |
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Þórhallur Arnórsson & Jón Páll Halldórsson Vargöld - Book one Publisher: Iðunn |
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Ævar Þór Benediktsson Vélmennaárásin Publisher: Mál og menning |
The winners of the 2015 Icelandic Literary Prize were Einar Már Guðmundsson, for the novel Hundadagar (Dogdays), Gunnar Helgason for Mamma klikk! (My crazy mom!) and Gunnar Þór Bjarnason for Þegar siðmenningin fór fjandans til .
This year's prize will be handed out in January/February by the president of Iceland at his residency, Bessastaðir. The prize is one million ISK for each category.