Icelandic nominations: Villueyjar (E. Kingdom of the Islands) by Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir & Egill spámaður (E. Egill) by Lani Yamamoto.

Silvia Cosimini has translated over 70 Icelandic books into Italian, from Sagas to modern novels, and in conversation with Magnús Guðmundsson she talks about how this all started because she was the right person in the right time.

Every week, The Icelandic Literature Center receives copies of Icelandic works of literature in foreign translations, courtesy of the translation grants allocated by the Center. Here you can see a diverse collection of book covers of some of the recently published translations. They are available at the National Library of Iceland!

Selected titles of fiction, non-fiction, children & YA, crime fiction and also information about Icelandic literature and grants.

John Swedenmark is one of the most active translators of Icelandic literature into Swedish and in this interview with Magnús Guðmundsson he tells us about his first encounters with Icelandic, his love of poetry, and the importance of translation for literature.

Bergsveinn Birgisson and Fríða Ísberg are nominated, on behalf of Iceland, for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2020.

London Book Fair has been cancelled this year in the wake of the corona virus outbreak.

Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir & Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir were chosen by the schools in this first round.

Each January, employees of the Nordic literary centers convene in one of the countries capitals in rotation.

The winners are Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson, Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir and Jón Viðar Jónsson.