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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Holiday Greetings
Warm holiday wishes from Icelandic Literature Center and a happy new year, filled with books!
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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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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.
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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Icelandic Literature Center: New office at Austurstræti 5
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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Great interest in Icelandic literature in Denmark
Eight new translations of Icelandic books have been published
this year in Denmark.
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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