Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl – Wikipedia
Icelandic writer (born 1978)
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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[edit]
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]
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[edit]
Poetry[edit]
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:
- Óratorrek: Ljóð um samfélagsleg málefni (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2017)
- Plokkfiskbókin (Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016)
- Hnefi eða vitstola orð, Mál & menning, 2013
- IWF! IWF! OMG! OMG!, a collection of poems translated into German by Jón Bjarni Atlason and Alexander Sitzmann
- Ú á fasismann – og fleiri ljóð, Mál & menning, 2008
- Þjónn, það er Fönix í öskubakkanum mínum, Nýhil, 2007
- Handsprengja í morgunsárið, with Ingólfi Gíslasyni, Nýhil, 2007
- Blandarabrandarar, Nýhil, 2005
- Nihil Obstat, Nýhil, 2003
- Heimsendapestir, Nýhil, 2002
- Heilagt stríð: runnið undan rifjum drykkjumanna, self-published, 2001
Novels[edit]
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[edit]
- Hvítsvíta by Athena Farrokhzad, Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016
- Erfðaskrá vélstúlkunnar by Ida Linde, 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[edit]
- Booby, be Quiet!, Helsinki: Poesia, 2011
- Ást er þjófnaður, Perspired by Iceland/SLIS (Sumarbúðir LIsthneigðra Sósíalista), 2011
Editing[edit]
References[edit]
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