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.

 

 

 

 

 

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