Halldor Laxness – REYKJAVÍK LITERARY AGENCY

Celebrating Halldor Laxness: 122 Years of Literary Legacy and New Beginnings

Stella Johannesdottir2024-04-23T15:53:14+00:002024-04-23|

Today, April 23, marks 122 years since the birth of Halldor Laxness and today, the Reykjavik Literary Agency (RLA) officially takes over the management of the Nobel laureate's works internationally, which for nearly half a century was handled by the Danish agency Licht & Licht, later Licht & Burr, in Copenhagen. There is significant interest [...]

A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness’s masterpiece SALKA VALKA!

Valgerður2023-05-25T12:02:03+00:002022-04-22|

TRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON Publisher, UK: Penguin Random House / Vintage Classics. Publisher, US: Archipelago. On a winter night, an eleven-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is “lived in fish and consists of fish.” The two struggle to make their way amidst the rough, [...]