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20. January, 2025 News : The annual NordLit meeting held in Reykjavík

Icelandic Literature Center hosted the annual meeting with the network of Nordic Literary Organizations. The meeting was held in Reykjavík January 14-17. 

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19. December, 2024 News : Holiday Greetings

Warm holiday wishes from Icelandic Literature Center and a happy new year, filled with books! 

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12. December, 2024 News : Nominations for The Icelandic Literary Prize 2024 and The Icelandic Crime Awards "Blóðdropinn" 2024

The winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize 2024 and The Icelandic Crime Awards will be announced in the end of January.

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29. October, 2024 News : ENLIT: European Network for Literary Translation

Icelandic Literature Center has become a member of the ENLIT network, along with 27 other organizations from all over Europe. 

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29. October, 2024 News : New website on Icelandic literature in Sweden: Läs Islandska Böcker

The Icelandic embassy in Stockholm and translator John Swedenmark in co-operation with Icelandic Literature Center have launched a new website where information on all Icelandic books in Swedish can be found.

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29. October, 2024 News : 34 Translation grants from Icelandic into foreign languages allocated

Among works that will be translated are Lungu by Pedro Gunnlaugur García, Sögur & Ljóð by Ásta Sigurðardóttir and Armeló by Þórdís Helgadóttir.

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1. October, 2024 News : Icelandic Literature Center: New office at Austurstræti 5

The Icelandic Literature Center is now located at Austurstræti 5, 4th floor, 101 Reykjavík.  More

28. August, 2024 News : Gothenburg Book Fair: 26-29 September 2024

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, John Swedenmark and Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen take part in an event called Café Norden Island at the fair. 

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19. June, 2024 News : Great interest in Icelandic literature in Denmark

Eight new translations of Icelandic books have been published
this year in Denmark.

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6. May, 2024 News : 27 grants awarded for translations into Icelandic from English, French, Hungarian, German, Spanish and ancient Greek

Translations of works by the authors R.F. Kuang, Atef Abu Saif, Nita Prose, Annie Ernaux, Franz Kafka and others.

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The NordLit annual meeting held in Helsinki - 26. January, 2026 News

Participants touched on various issues regarding the Centers' work and their plans for ongoing collaboration.

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Icelandic Children's and Young Adult Authors in Focus for 2026 - 13. January, 2026 News

A new catalogue on Icelandic children's and young adult authors, along with participation in the Bologna Children's Book Fair and increased support for translating children's and YA books into foreign languages in 2026.

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46 Translation Grants Awarded for Icelandic Works – Strong Interest in Denmark and France - 29. October, 2025 News

Applications for translation grants are accepted twice a year—in February and September.

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