Welcome to the opening of an exhibition in Þjóðarbókhlaða on Tuesday 27 October at 17:00

You are welcome to the opening of an exhibition in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, on Tuesday 27 October at 17:00, marking 60 years since Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Programme:

National Librarian Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir welcomes the guests

Halldór Laxness’s speech. The actor Þór Tulinius reads the first part

Illugi Gunnarsson, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, gives an address

Hundur í óskilum perform excerpts from the programme Skáld í skólum (Poets in Schools),

run by the Writers’ Union of Iceland

Halldór Laxness’s speech. The actor Þór Tulinius reads the second part

The host is Fríða Björk Ingvarsdóttir, chair of the board of Gljúfrasteinn, the Laxness Museum

Admits two. Light refreshments.