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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Grants for the translation of Icelandic works into 21 foreign languages
The Icelandic Literature Center recently awarded 55 grants for the translation of Icelandic works into 21 foreign languages; these include new works of fiction, thrillers, poetry, children's books and classics
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Books from Iceland 2024: Selected titles of fiction, non-fiction, children & YA, crime fiction and more...
The Icelandic Literature Center announces the new annual booklet, Books from Iceland 2024, which includes new and exciting Icelandic titles.
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The Icelandic Literary Prize and The Blood Drop 2023 Awarded at the Presidential Residence
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Gunnar Helgason/Rán Flygenring, and Haraldur Sigurðsson have been awarded The Icelandic Literary Prize 2023. Eva Björg Ægisdóttir was awarded the Blood Drop, The Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards
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Productive NordLit meeting
in Copenhagen
Icelandic Literature Center took part in a yearly meeting with the network of Nordic Literary Centers. The meeting was held in Copenhagen January 17-19. Participants touched on various issues regarding the Centers' work and furthered their plans for ongoing collaboration.
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