Translator and writer John Swedenmark visited the Library recently. Swedenmark lives in Stockholm and has translated novels by numerous Icelandic authors into Swedish, including books by Einar Kárason, Gyrðir Elíasson, Friðrik Erlingsson, Hallgrímur Helgason, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Kristín Steinsdóttir, Sjón, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Þórarinn Eldjárn and many more. He has also translated quite a few poems by Icelandic authors, like Kristín Ómarsdóttir and Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir, along with Icelandic plays. Swedenmark has received the Swedish Academy's translation award and in 2019 he received Orðstír, an honorary award for translations of Icelandic literature into a foreign language. An exhibition of Swedenmark's published translations is currently in the Library, and he visited the exhibition.
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