The Icelandic Translators’ Prize
The President of Iceland hands out this prize on the International Day of the Book in April each year. The prize is hosted by the Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters, with the support of The Writer’s Union of Iceland and the Association of Icelandic Publishers.
2021
Guðrún Hannesdóttir: Dyrnar (Az ajtó) by Magda Szabó (Dimma)
Other Nominated Translations
Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson: 43 smámunir (43 bagatellir) by Katrin Ottarsdóttir (Dimma)
Heimir Pálsson: Leiðin í Klukknaríki (Vägen till Klockrike) by Harry Martinson (Ugla)
Magnús Sigurðsson: Berhöfða líf (selected poetry) by Emily Dickinson (Dimma)
Sigrún Eldjárn: Öll með tölu (Alle sammen teller) by Kristin Roskifte (Vaka-Helgafell)
Þórarinn Eldjárn: Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Vaka-Helgafell)
Þórdís Gísladóttir: Álabókin (Ålevangeliet) by Patrik Svensson (Benedikt)
2020
Jón St. Kristjánsson: Hin ósýnilegu (De usynlige) by Roy Jacobsen (Mál og menning)
Other Nominated Translations
Arthúr Björgvin Bollason: Tími töframanna (Zeit der Zauberer) by Wolfram Eilenberger (Háskólaútgáfan)
Elísa Björg Þorsteinsdóttir: Kona í hvarfpunkti (Emraʼa enda noktat el sifr) by Nawal el Saadawi (Angústúra)
Guðbergur Bergsson: Skáldið er eitt skrípatól. Um ævi og skáldskap Fernando Pessoa (O poeta é um fingidor) by Guðbergur Bergsson and Fernando Pessoa (JPV útgáfa)
Guðni Kolbeinsson: Kalli breytist í kjúkling (Charlie Changes Into a Chicken) by Sam Copeland (JPV útgáfa)
Ingunn Ásdísardóttir: Blá (Blå) by Maja Lunde (Mál og menning)
Þórarinn Eldjárn: Jónsmessunæturdraumur (A Midsummer Night's Dream) by William Shakespeare (Vaka-Helgafell)
2019
Gunnar Þorri Pétursson and Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir: Hinir smánuðu og svívirtu (Únízhennyje í oskorbljonnyje) by Fjodor Dostojevskí (Forlagið)
Other Nominated Translations
Elísa Björg Þorsteinsdóttir: Etýður í snjó (Etüden im Schnee) by Yoko Tawada (Angústúra)
Ingibjörg Eyþórsdóttir: Hin órólegu (De urolige) by Linn Ullmann (Bjartur)
Uggi Jónsson: Sæluvíma (Euphoria) by Lily King (Angústúra)
Einar Thoroddsen: Víti (Inferno) by Dante (Guðrún útgáfufélag)
Hjalti Rögnvaldsson: Þetta er Alla (Det er Ales) by Jon Fosse (Dimma)
2018
Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir and Hildur Hákonardóttir: Walden by Henry David Thoreau (Dimma)
Other Nominated translations
Gyrðir Elíasson: Sorgin í fyrstu persónu (Grief in the First Person) by Ko Un (Dimma)
Jón St. Kristjánsson: Doktor Proktor og gullránið mikla (Doctor Proktor and the Great Gold Robbery) and Getur doktor Proktor bjargað jólunum? (Can Doctor Proktor Save Christmas?) by Jo Nesbø (Forlagið)
María Rán Guðjónsdóttir: Veisla í greninu (A Party in the Burrow) by Juan Pablo Villalobos (Angústúra)
Soffía Auður Birgisdóttir: Orlandó by Virginiu Woolf (Opna)
2017
Hallgrímur Helgason: Óþelló (Othello) by William Shakespeare
Other Nominated translations
Árni Óskarsson: Fjársjóðseyjan (Treasure Island) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Áslaug Agnarsdóttir, Bragi Ólafsson, Magnús Sigurðsson, Olga Hołownia and Óskar Árni Óskarsson: Neyðarútgangur (Selected Poetry) by Ewa Lipska
Ófeigur Sigurðsson: Verndargripur (Amuleto) by Roberto Bolaño
Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson and Sigurður Pálsson: Uppljómanir & Árstíð í helvíti (Illuminations & Une saison en enfer) by Arthur Rimbaud
2016
Brynja Cortes Andrésdóttir: Ef að vetrarnóttu ferðalangur (If on a winter’s night a traveler) by Italo Calvino
Other nominated translations
Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson: Nýsnævi – safn ljóðaþýðinga (New Snow – collected poetry in translation) by 15 authors
Ásdís R. Magnúsdóttir: Rangan og réttan – þrjú ritgerðarsöfn (The Right and the Wrong – three essay collections) by Albert Camus
Jón Hallur Stefánsson: Spámennirnir í Botnleysufirði (The Prophets of Eternal Fjord) by Kim Leine
Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir: Grimm’s Fairy Tales, retold by Philip Pullman
2015
Gyrðir Elíasson: Listin að vera einn (The Art of Being Alone) by Shuntaro Tanikawa
other nominated translations
Herdís Hreiðarsdóttir: Út í vitann (To the Lighthouse) by Virginia Woolf
Hermann Stefánsson: Uppfinning Morles (The Invention of Morel) by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Jón St. Kristjánsson: Náðarstund (Burial Rites) by Hannah Kent
Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir: Lífið að leysa (For Your Life) by Alice Munro
2014
Ingunn Ásdísardóttir: Ó - Sögur um djöfulskap (Ó : søgur um djevulskap) by Carl Jóhan Jensen
other nominated translations
María Rán Guðjónsdóttir: Rödd í dvala (La voz dormida) by Dulce Chacón
Njörður P. Njarðvík: Ljóð Thomasar Tranströmer (A collection of poetry by Thomas Tranströmer)
Rúnar Helgi Vignisson: Sem ég lá fyrir dauðanum (As I Lay Dying) by William Faulkner
Stefán Steinsson: Rannsóknir (Ietopiai) by Herodotus
2013
Kristín Guðrún Jónsdóttir: Svarti sauðurinn og aðrar fabúlur (La oveja negra y demás fábulas) by Augusto Monterroso
other nominated translations
Þórdís Gísladóttir: Allt er ást (Och allt skall vara kärlek) by Kristian Lundberg
Sigurður Karlsson: Ariasman (Ariasman) by Tapio Koivukari
Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson: Hjaltlandsljóð (Collection of poetry by nine contemporary poets from The Shetland Isles)
Sigrún Árnadóttir: Sár hlær best sagði pabbi (Skratta lagom! sa pappa Åberg) by Gunilla Bergström
2012
Gyrðir Elíason: Tunglið braust inn í húsið (A collection of translated poems from various countries)
other nominated translations
Bjarni Jónsson: Andarsláttur (Atemschaukel) by Herta Müller
Hermann Stefánsson: Fásinna (Insensatez) by Horacio Castellanos Moya
Pétur Gunnarsson: Regnskógarbeltið raunamædda (Tristes tropiques) by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Jón St. Kristjánsson: Reisubók Gúllivers (Gulliver's travels) by Jonathan Swift
2011
Erlingur E. Halldórsson: Gleðileikurinn guðdómlegi (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri
other nominated translations
Atli Magnússon: Silas Marner by George Eliot
Njörður P. Njarðvík: Vetrarbraut (Vintergata) by Kjell Espmark
Óskar Árni Óskarsson: Kaffihús tregans (The Ballad of the Sad Café) by Carson McCullers
Þórarinn Eldjárn: Lér konungur (King Lear) by William Shakespeare
2010
Kristján Árnason: Ummyndanir (Metamorphoses) by Ovid
other nominated translations
Elísa Björg Þorsteinsdóttir: Málavextir (Case histories) by Kate Atkinson
Guðbergur Bergsson: Öll dagsins glóð (All the Day's Embers, a collection of Portuguese poetry 1900 - 2008)
María Rán Guðjónsdóttir: Kirkja hafsins (La catedral del mar) by Ildefonso Falcones
Sigurður Karlsson: Yfir hafið og í steininn (Over the Sea and into the Stone) by Tapio Koivukari
2009
Hjörleifur Sveinbjörnsson: Apakóngur á Silkiveginum (A Preview of Chinese Storytelling From Earlier Times)
other nominated translations
Árni Óskarsson: Nafn mitt er rauður (Benim adim Kirmizi) by Orhan Pamuk
Guðrún Vilmundardóttir: Í þokunni (In the fog) by Philippe Claudel
Erla Erlendsdóttir and Kristín Guðrún Jónsdóttir: Svo fagurgrænar og frjósamar (Short Stories from Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic)
Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson: Árstíð í helvíti (Une saison en enfer) by Arthur Rimbaud
2008
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl: Móðurlaus Brooklyn (Motherless Brooklyn) by Jonathan Laethem
other nominated translations
Friðrik Rafnsson: Brandarinn (La plaisanterie) by Milan Kundera
Jón Kalman Stefánsson: Loftskeytamaðurinn (Sværmere) by Knut Hamsun
Sigrún Kr. Magnúsdóttir: Módelið (Modellen) by Lars Saabye Christensen
Sigurður Pálsson: Skíðaferðin (La classe de neige) by Emmanuel Carrère
2007
Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
other nominated translations
Atli Magnússon: Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
Ástráður Eysteinsson and Eysteinn Þorvaldsson: Umskiptin (Verwandlung) by Franz Kafka
Fríða Björk Ingvarsdóttir: Dætur hússins (Daughters of the house) by Michèle Roberts
Kristian Guttesen: Brekkan (Skråninga) by Carl Frode Tiller
2006
Rúnar Helgi Vignisson: Barndómur (Boyhood) by J. M Coetzee
other nominated translations
Hallberg Hallmundsson: Báturinn langi (The collected poems) by Stanley Kunitz
Guðrún H. Tulinius: Hæðir Machu Picchu (Alturas de Machu Picchu) by Pablo Neruda
Hjalti Kristgeirsson: Kertin brenna niður (A gyertyák csonkig égnek) by Sándor Márai
Anna María Hilmarsdóttir: Flugdrekahlauparinn (The kite runner) by Khaled Hosseini
2005
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir: Fjárhættuspilarinn (Igrok) by Fjodor Dostojecskí
other nominated translations
Árni Óskarsson: Vernon G. Little by DBC Pierre
Geirlaugur Magnússon: Lágmynd (Plaskorzezba) by Tadeusz Rózewicz
Hjalti Kristgeirsson: Örlagaleysi (Sorstalanság) by Inre Kertész
Sigurður A. Magnússon: Snjórinn á Kilimanjaró (The snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories) by Ernest Hemingway