Английская Википедия:Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Icelandic name Шаблон:Infobox person 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:
- 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
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 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
- Booby, be Quiet!, Helsinki: Poesia, 2011
- Ást er þjófnaður, Perspired by Iceland/SLIS (Sumarbúðir LIsthneigðra Sósíalista), 2011
Editing
- Eiríkur Örn is an editor of the webzine Starafugl
- Af steypu, with Kári Páll Óskarsson, Nýhil, 2009
- Af ljóðum, Nýhil, 2005
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 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.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-8-eirikur-orn-norddahl/; http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Hooray-for-Boobies.
- ↑ Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 'Höpöhöpö Böks', Asymptote, Issue Jan 2011, http://www.asymptotejournal.com/index.php?status=Archived&id=1.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
