Eiríkur Örn NORÐDAHL

 

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (1978) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. For his novel Illska (Evil, 2012) he was awarded The Icelandic Literary Prize and The Book Merchant’s Prize, as well as being nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literary Award. In 2012 he was poet-in-residence at the Library of Water in Stykkishólmur and in 2013 he was chosen artist of the year in Ísafjörður.

Since his debut in 2002 he has published six books of poems, most recently Hnefi eða vitstola orð (Fist or words bereft of sense, 2013), four novels and two collections of essays. Eiríkur is also active in sound and performance poetry, visual poetry, poetry film and various conceptual poetry projects.

Eiríkur has translated over a dozen books into Icelandic, including a selection of Allen Ginsberg’s poetry and Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn, but most recently Ida Linde’s Maskinflickans Testamente. He lives in Ísafjörður, Iceland, a rock in the middle of the ocean, and spends much of his time in Västerås, Sweden, a town by a lake.

 

 

 

 

 

  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • LOFT 58
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • MuntPunt
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Swedish Institute
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Commission européenne
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • It Skriuwersboun