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Vala Þóroddsdóttir’s Five Writers To Watch
Two years ago we printed a close crop of Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir’s face on our cover. Imposed over Vala’s decisive look were the words: “The new face of literature.” A couple years prior, she and Kári Tulinius started Meðgönguljóð, an independent poetry publisher.…
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Future Perfect
On “The Story Island,” a fresh young crop of writers is busy carving out a space, making way, creating a culture all of their own, in defiance of what came before. Much like their predecessors, and their predecessors’ predecessors Icelanders’ rich literary…
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Youth Groups In Icelandic Literature, A Brief History Of
Some accounts claim that modern Icelandic literature began in 1835, when four young students started their own literary journal in Copenhagen. Their influences and impulses came from Europe; an amalgam of reigning Enlightenment ideals of progress and a desire to disseminate bright…