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Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Eiríkur Örn.

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.

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 2009
Born (1978-07-01) July 1, 1978 (age 45)
Reykjavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Occupations
  • Writer
  • poet
Notable workIllska

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]

Awards edit

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:

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

Essays edit

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

Editing edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl | Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl – English". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "Gat ekki haldið í sér lengur – Viðtal í DV | Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl – íslenska". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Three Percent".
  5. ^ "Author / Author". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  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. ^ "Icelandic Literary Prize 2012 awarded".
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