(b.1986) is amongst Iceland’s most interesting writers. His first novel, The Last Confession of Love, was shortlisted for The European Union Prize for Literature 2016. Hjartarson has also been awarded the Tomas Gudmundsson Poetry Prize and the Icelandic Literature Center’s Newcomer’s Grant as well as the Jon ur Vor Poetry Prize.

“The Last Confession of Love is a beautifully written book, full of speculations, depression, humour, fragments of poetry, and love.”
FRETTABLADID DAILY