Translators from Icelandic

A list of active translators from Icelandic into several languages, some information about them and their translations.


Translators

Jonas Moody

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Originally from the US, Jonas Moody has been living and working in Iceland since 2005. He holds a degree in English from Yale University, a degree in Icelandic from the University of Iceland and an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College. His translation work centers on literary fiction and non-fiction; art, photography and architecture; and poetry and children's literature (the latter assisted in large part by his two live-in critics: Astrid Eygló, age 9, and Ottó Ægir, age 6).

Selected Translations:

The Pond (Tjörnin) - Rán Flygenring, Angústúra, Reykjavík, forthcoming

Anna, Einar & the No-Kids-Allowed Museum (Einar, Anna og safnið sem var bannað börnum) - Margrét Tryggvadóttir, Iðunn, forthcoming

Interment (Jarðsetning) - Anna María Bogadóttir, Angústúra, Reykjavík, forthcoming

Vigdís - A Book about the World's First Female President (Vigdís - Bókin um fyrsta konuforsetann) - Rán Flygenring, Helvetiq, Basel, 2024

Elves (Álfar) - Hjörleifur Hjartarson, Angústúra, Reykjavík, 2024

Volcano (Eldgos) - Rán Flygenring, Angústúra, Reykjavík, 2023

Horses (Hestar) - Hjörleifur Hjartarson, Angústúra, Reykjavík, 2023

The Golden Circle: A Graphic Novel (Gullni hringurinn) - Brimrún Birta Friðþjófsdóttir, Forlagið, Reykjavík, 2022

Arctic Heroes (Hetjur norðurslóða) - Ragnar Axelsson, Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2020

Faces of the North (Andlit norðursins) - Ragnar Axelsson, Qerndu, Reykjavík, 2019

Behind the Mountains (Fjallabak) - Ragnar Axelsson, Crymogea, Reykjavík, 2013

Icelandic Contemporary Design: Furniture, Product Design & Architecture (Íslensk samtímahönnun : húsgögn, vöruhönnun og arkitektúr) - Crymogea, Reykjavík 2010

Barflies: Reykjavík (bilingual edition) - Jón Kaldal, powerHouse Books, New York, 2008.

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