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.

 

 

 

 

 

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