Icelandic Literary Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 24 (2012) Winner
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
エイリクル・オルン・ノルザール
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978-07-01 （Reykjavík）
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Languages
- Icelandic, English
- Residence History
- Reykjavík (birth) → Ísafjörður (childhood) → Berlin (c. 2002-4) → Helsinki (c. 2006-9) → Oulu (c. 2009-11)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Translator
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Nýhil, Starafugl (editor)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Icelandic Translators Award | Motherless Brooklyn | — | — | winner |
| 2010 | Zebra Poetry Film Festival Honorable Mention | Höpöhöpö Böks | — | Zebra Poetry Film Festival | Honorable Mention |
| 2012 | Icelandic Literary Prize | Illska | fiction and poetry | — | winner |
| 2012 | Book Merchants' Prize | Illska | — | — | winner |
Icelandic Translators Award
2008
Work:
Motherless Brooklyn
Result:
winner
Zebra Poetry Film Festival Honorable Mention
2010
Work:
Höpöhöpö Böks
Organization:
Zebra Poetry Film Festival
Result:
Honorable Mention
Icelandic Literary Prize
2012
Work:
Illska
Category:
fiction and poetry
Result:
winner
Book Merchants' Prize
2012
Work:
Illska
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Illska
2012 novelAn experimental novel about evil.
evilsocial issues
Heimska
2015 novelA novel depicting folly.
folly
Óratorrek
2017 poetryPoetry on social issues.
society
Bibliography
- Óratorrek: Ljóð um samfélagsleg málefni
- Plokkfiskbókin
- Hnefi eða vitstola orð
- Ú á fasismann - og fleiri ljóð
- Þjónn, það er Fönix í öskubakkanum mínum
- Handsprengja í morgunsárið
- Blandarabrandarar
- Nihil Obstat
- Heimsendapestir
- Heilagt stríð: runnið undan rifjum drykkjumanna
- Hans Blær
- Heimska
- Illska
- Gæska: Skáldsaga
- Eitur fyrir byrjendur
- Hugsjónadruslan
Translations by Author
- Hvítsvíta (Athena Farrokhzad)
- Erfðaskrá vélstúlkunnar (Ida Linde)
- Friðlaus (Lee Child)
- Spádómar Nostradamusar (Mario Reading)
- Enron (Lucy Prebble)
- Í frjálsu falli (Lee Child)
- Maíkonungurinn - selected poems by Allen Ginsberg
- Doktor Proktor og prumpuduftið (Jo Nesbø)
- Súkkulaði (Joanne Harris)
- 131.839 slög með bilum
- Móðurlaus Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem)
- Heljarþröm (Anthony Horowitz)
- Eminem biography (Anthony Bozza)
- Heimskir hvítir karlar (Michael Moore)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental poetrysound poetrymulti-media
- Recurring Motifs
- social issues
Legacy
Noted as an experimental poet and one of Iceland's foremost prose writers in the 2010s.
In Popular Culture
- Member of the family band Sjökvist.
Trivia
- Founder member of the Icelandic avant-garde poetry collective Nýhil in 2004.
- First child born in 2009.
- Prominent contributor to The Reykjavík Grapevine in 2009-11.