THE ORÐSTÍR PRIZE 2023: AWARD FOR THE TRANSLATION OF ICELANDIC LITERATURE
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Friday, April 21, 2023
The Orðstír Prize is awarded biennially at the Reykjavík International Literary Festival , in recognition of two translators of Icelandic literature whose outstanding translations and active promotion of Icelandic literature have supported Icelandic culture abroad.
Key Points:
- The Orðstír Prize is awarded biennially at the Reykjavík International Literary Festival , in recognition of two translators of Icelandic literature whose outstanding translations and active promotion of Icelandic literature have supported Icelandic culture abroad.
- Brazilian translator Luciano Dutra first came to Iceland in 2002 to study Icelandic, with the goal of sharing medieval Icelandic literature with his fellow countrymen in their native Portuguese.
- He's also an advocate for Icelandic poetry in translation and has published one translation of a Nordic poem per day since 2016 through um poema nórdico ao dia .
- Jacek has been a powerful advocate of Icelandic literature in Poland, and the novels he has translated number in the dozens.