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Eitur fyrir byrjendur in German!
My second novel, Eitur fyrir byrjendur (Poison for beginners), will be published in Germany next year by Kozempel & Timm publishing . The book was originally published by Nýhil in 2006, but Iceland’s biggest publisher, Mál & menning, bought the rights earlier this year. The book was very well received by critics in Iceland when... »
Verbal Pupils
Next saturday I will perform at the poetry Festival Verbale Pupiller in Aarhus, Denmark. It’s an international festival and amongst the guests this year are Cia Rinne, Charles Bernstein, Tua Forsström, Anne Cotten, Annelie Axen, Johan Jönson, Morten Søndergaard and Jan Erik Vold - and many others. It’s also a book fair for small... »
Scream Readings
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Last monday night (July 13) I performed with Paul Dutton at the Scream Literary Festival Mainstage outside in the warm but comfortable summer evening (the days here are not as comfortable). Paul and I were doing an expanded repeat of last years performance and I for one thoroughly enjoyed it... »
High Park Screaming
I will perform with Paul Dutton at the coming Scream Literary Festival, for the second year in a row. The festival takes place in Toronto, Canada, from July 2-13 - and I will read on the last day, mainstage: Scream in High Park. Expected turnout is 750-1.000 people (!!!) Amongst other people performing (the... »
New News (stuff, essays)
First: Mind the Sound, writings about the 17th century Icelandic nonsense/sound-poet Æri-Tobbi and my own work from his writing. Published in aslongasittakes and (in finnish translation) in Nuori Voima magazine. Second: Hay-grinder of the greenpeace-kitten earth-channels of the desert-asphalt sugar-free beach-found transparent salt-Coke - a column about ‘kenning’ metaphors in skaldic poetry. Published in The... »
Stanza literature-bar in Malmö
I went to Malmö, Sweden, at the end of March to read at Stanza literature-bar. The event took place at Inkonst art-happening-house, and amongst other participants was multilingual poet Cia Rinner, the grand old king of Swedish concrete, Bengt Emil Johnson, his wonderfully performative wife, Kerstin Ståhl, and the poetry/arts group 3 Advokater, with... »
Malmö, Tallinn, Helsinki, Akureyri etc.
This coming thursday I will be reading in Malmö, Sweden, along with finn-swedish poet Cia Rinne and the nestor of swedish concrete poetry, Bengt Emil Johnson, as well as the poetrygroup 3 Advokater. Malmö Litteraturbar Stanza - Inkonst.com 26.03.2009 - at 8 pm In spirit and likeness I will be in Akureyri, Iceland, on the... »
Stanza: Me, Bengt Emil Johnson, Cia Rinne and 3 Advokater
. Reading in Malmö on the 26th of March along with Cia Rinne, Bengt Emil Johnson and 3 Advokater (including Pär Thorn). The reading is held at Inkonst, Bergsgatan 29, Malmö and is a part of the Stanza reading series, it starts at 20.00 (eight in the evening) and the entrance fee is 40 swedish... »
Icelandic poets in English
I’ve been translating a few Icelandic poets into English lately - the series will eventually have 25 poets. These five are already up: Sigfús Daðason (1928 - 1996) Böðvar Guðmundsson (1939 - ) Þórunn Erlu-Valdimarsdóttir (1954 -) Anton Helgi Jónsson (1955 - ) Elísabet Jökulsdóttir (1958 - ) You can see the translations here. I’ll post another notification when I reach... »
Allen Ginsberg & translation into Icelandic with Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl on Wednesday 28.1 at 18:00
You are warmly invited to join a talk on the American poet Allen Ginsberg with Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Mathias Rosenlund on Wednesday 28.1 at 18:00. Eiríkur has recently translated and published into Icelandic selected poems by Ginsberg. Among other topics he will discuss with Mathias the difficulties of translating English poetry into uniform... »
