15 titles have been nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in three categories. The prize will be awarded by the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, in the beginning of year 2021.

Works by authors Peter Handke, Svetlana Alexievich, Leila Slimani, Colson Whitehead, Sergei Dovlatov, Bernardine Evaristo and many more have been allocated grants.

Books by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir, Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Arnar Már Arngrímsson, Steinar Bragi and Andri Snær Magnason have been published in Russia in 2020

A new poll by the Icelandic Literature Center reveals that during the previous month, Icelanders read or listened to 2.5 books on average, compared with 2.3 books during the same period last year. 

The Program is scheduled to take place during the Reykjavik International Literary Festival on April 21-24, 2021. 

Interest in Icelandic literature is keen internationally, as witness the record number of applications for translations grants received by the Icelandic Literature Center. Grants have been awarded for 111 translations from Icelandic into 28 languages. Applications totalled 147 this year, a record-breaking number.

It is gratifying to observe Swedes’ enthusiasm for Icelandic literature: over the past century more than 300 books by Icelandic writers have been translated into Swedish and published in Sweden.

Ten Icelandic authors talk about Icelandic literature at Gljúfrasteinn, home of the Icelandic Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness.

On the website you can find Icelandic authors whose books have been published in other languages.

Due to the present situation, around the world many book fairs, literary events, readings and book launches have been postponed or cancelled. But a number of events will be taking place in the real world in the near future, while others are moving online.