The National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers´ Union of Iceland 

have established a new prize for a poetry book published in 2016. 

The prize, entitled Maístjarnan (May Star), was awarded for the first time 

at a ceremony in the National Library on the Day of Poetry, 18 May. 

Sigurður Pálsson received the May Star for a poetry book published in 2016, 

for his book Ljóð muna rödd (Poems recall a voice).