Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl

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Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
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Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 2009
Born (1978-07-01) July 1, 1978 (age 43)
Reykjavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
Notable work
Illska

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (born 1 July 1978) is an Icelandic writer. For a long time most noted as an experimental poet, he has recently also come to prominence as one of Iceland's foremost prose writers.

Biography[]

Born in Reykjavík, Eiríkur Örn grew up in Ísafjörður.[1] By Eiríkur's account he committed to a career as a writer around 2000, though he has necessarily often found an income through a wide range of other jobs, experiencing some periods of considerable hardship.[2] He lived in Berlin from around 2002-4,[2] and over the next ten years in various northern European countries, most prominently in Helsinki (c. 2006-9) and Oulu (c. 2009-11).[3] In 2004 Eiríkur was a founder member of the Icelandic avant-garde poetry collective Nýhil, which organised poetry events and publishing; the co-operative continued until around 2010.[4] He was a prominent contributor to The Reykjavík Grapevine in 2009-11.[5]

Eiríkur Örn has married; his first child was born in 2009.[6]

Awards[]

In 2008, Eiríkur Örn received the Icelandic Translators Award for his translation of Jonathan Lethem's tourettic novel, Motherless Brooklyn. His poetry-animation Höpöhöpö Böks received an Honorable Mention in 2010 at the Zebra Poetry Film Festival Berlin.[7]

Eiríkur Örn won the 2012 Icelandic Literary Prize in the category of fiction and poetry and the 2012 Book Merchants' Prize for his novel Illska (lit. Evil).[8]

Writing[]

Poetry[]

Eiríkur Örn is best known internationally for his poetry, much of which is sound-poetry or multi-media, and which he performs widely. Much of it has been translated, into a variety of languages. His published collections are:

Novels[]

Eiríkur Örn is best known in Iceland for his novels, of which he has so far published six:

  • Hans Blær, Mál og Menning, 2018
  • Heimska, Mál og Menning, 2015
  • Illska, Mál og Menning, 2012
  • Gæska: Skáldsaga, Mál og Menning, 2009
  • Eitur fyrir byrjendur, Nýhil, 2006 (in Swedish as Gift för nybörjare, trans. by Anna Gunnarsdotter Grönberg (Rasmus) and in German as Gift für Anfanger)
  • Hugsjónadruslan, Mál og Menning, 2004

Translations[]

  • Hvítsvíta by Athena Farrokhzad, Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016
  • Erfðaskrá vélstúlkunnar by , Meðgönguljóð, 2014
  • Friðlaus by Lee Child, 2010
  • Spádómar Nostradamusar by Mario Reading, 2010
  • Enron by Lucy Prebble, 2010
  • Í frjálsu falli by Lee Child, 2009
  • Maíkonungurinn - valin ljóð eftir Allen Ginsberg, Mál & menning, 2008
  • Doktor Proktor og prumpuduftið by Jo Nesbø, Forlagið, 2008
  • Súkkulaði by Joanne Harris, Uppheimar 2007
  • 131.839 slög með bilum -ljóðaþýðingar, Ntamo, 2007
  • Móðurlaus Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem, Bjartur, 2007
  • Heljarþröm by Anthony Horowitz, Forlagið, 2007
  • Eminem - ævisaga by Anthony Bozza, Tindur, 2006
  • Heimskir hvítir karlar by Michael Moore, Edda-Forlagið, 2003

Essays[]

  • Booby, be Quiet!, Helsinki: Poesia, 2011
  • Ást er þjófnaður, Perspired by Iceland/SLIS (Sumarbúðir LIsthneigðra Sósíalista), 2011

Editing[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b S. J. Fowler, ‘ "Prostitutes don’t just get lucky by accident": An Interview with Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl', 3:AM Magazine, Sunday, 4 April 2010. http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-8-eirikur-orn-norddahl.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3659
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-8-eirikur-orn-norddahl/; http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Hooray-for-Boobies.
  7. ^ Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 'Höpöhöpö Böks', Asymptote, Issue Jan 2011, http://www.asymptotejournal.com/index.php?status=Archived&id=1.
  8. ^ http://www.islit.is/en/news/nr/3485
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