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23. April, 2023
15:00

Honorary award Orðstír, given to translators for their exceptional work in translating Icelandic literature into foreign languages, will be presented for the fifth time during the festival. The award winners will join the authors whose works they have translated for a conversation. The discussion will be moderated by translator Salka Guðmundsdóttir.

Anna Wojtynska, postdoc at the University of Iceland will give a talk called “Polish Icelandic Culture Encounters”.

The award is supported by Business Iceland, the Translator’s Association, President of Iceland, Center for Icelandic Literature and the Reykjavík International Literary Festival.

The event will take place in Icelandic but the talk by Wojtynska will be in English.