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Argentina

Ana María Shua – 2017
Samanta Schweblin – 2019

Austria

Christoph Ransmayr – 1992

Åland Islands

Karl-Erik Bergman – 1987
Ulla-Lena Lundberg – 1995

Australia

Murray Bail, 2003
DBC Pierre, 2005

USA

James Tate – 1985
Kurt Vonnegut – 1987
John Balaban – 1992
William Styron – 1995
Jason Epstein – 1995
Edward Bunker – 2000
Bill Holm – 2003
Paul Auster – 2005
Siri Hustvedt – 2005
Annie Proulx – 2005
Jesse Ball – 2009
Junot Díaz – 2009
David Sedaris – 2009
Carolyn Forché – 2009
Madeline Miller – 2013
Dave Eggers – 2015
Kim Stanley Robinson – 2015
Teju Cole – 2015
Yaa Gyasi – 2017
Timothy Snyder – 2017
Esmeralda Santiago – 2017
Lily King – 2019
John Freeman – 2019
Nadja Spiegelman – 2021
Barbara Demick – 2021

Bangladesh

Taslima Nasreen – 1995

UK

David Gascoyne – 1985
Fay Weldon – 1987
Martin Amis – 1995
A.S. Byatt – 2000
Magnus Mills – 2000
Hanif Kureishi – 2000
Nicholas Shakespeare – 2003
Nick Hornby – 2005
James Meek – 2005
Tracy Chevalier – 2007
Yasmin Crowther – 2007
Jon Halliday – 2007
Marina Lewycka – 2007
Robin Robertson – 2009
Matt Haig – 2011
Rachel Joyce – 2011
David Mitchell – 2015
David Nicholls – 2015
John Crace – 2015
Christine De Luca – 2017

Bulgaria

Georgi Gospodinov – 2013

Denmark

Uffe Harder – 1985
Marianne Larsen – 1985
Ivan Malinowski – 1985
Poul Borum – 1987
Dorrit Willumsen – 1987
Peer Hultberg – 1987
Klaus Rifbjerg – 1992
Kirsten Thorup – 1992
Svend Otto S. – 1992
Poul Vad – 1995
Tor Nørretranders – 1995
Solvej Balle – 1995
Ib Michael – 2000
Jan Sonnergaard – 2003
Hanne-Vibeke Holst – 2005
Kirsten Hammann – 2007
Morten Ramsland – 2007
Naja Marie Aidt – 2009
Benn Q. Holm – 2009
Pia Tafdrup – 2009
Kim Leine – 2013
Helle Helle – 2015
Stine Pilgaard – 2015
Anne-Cathrine Riebnitzsky – 2017
Lone Theils – 2017
Maja Lee Langvad – 2017
Merete Pryds Helle – 2019

Egypt

Nawal El Saadawi – 2011

Eistonia

Andres Ehin – 2003
Kristiina Ehin – 2003

El Salvador

Horacio Castellanos Moya – 2011

Finland

Lars Huldén – 1985
Pentti Saaritsa – 1985
Peter Sandelin – 1985
Johan Bargum – 1987
Eeva Kilpi – 1987
Kaari Utrio – 1987
Olli Jalonen – 1992
Rosa Liksom – 1992
Antti Tuuri – 1992
Märta Tikkanen – 1995
Arto Melleri – 1995
Juice Leskinen – 1995
Monika Fagerholm – 2000, 2021
Arto Paasilinna – 2003
Johanna Sinisalo – 2003
Kari Hotakainen – 2005
Tapio Koivukari – 2007, 2017
Katja Kettu – 2015

France

George Astalos – 1985
Benoîte Groult – 1987
Alain Robbe-Grillet – 1987
Pascal Quignard – 1992
Colette Fayard – 1992
Emmanuel Carrère – 2003
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt – 2005
Denise Epstein – 2013
Alain Mabanckou – 2013
Pierre Lemaitre – 2015
David Foenkinos – 2019
Hannelore Cayre – 2019
Leïla Slimani – 2021

Faroe Islands

Karsten Hoydal – 1985
Regin Dahl – 1987
Carl Jóhan Jensen – 1992, 2007
Tóroddur Poulsen – 1995
Jógvan Isaksen – 2000
Bergtóra Hanusardóttir – 2009
Jóanes Nielsen – 2009

Ghana

Yaa Gyasi – 2017
Eka Kurniawan – 2017

Greenland

Adam Nielsen- 1992
Nuka K. Godtfredsen – 2013

Netherlands

Cees Nooteboom – 1995
Ayaan Hirsi Ali – 2007
Kader Abdolah – 2009
Herman Koch – 2013
Simone van der Vlugt – 2019

Belarus

Svetlana Alexievich – 2013

India

Vikas Swarup – 2011
Kiran Desai – 2013
Anuradha Roy – 2019

Indonesia

Eka Kurniawan – 2017

Iraq

Hassan Blasim – 2015

Iran

Maziar Bahari – 2015

Ireland

Seamus Heaney – 1985
Desmond O’Grady – 1995
Roddy Doyle – 2007

Iceland

Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson – 2009
Alexander Dan – 2021
Andri Snær Magnason – 2003, 2007, 2015
Anton Helgi Jónsson – 2017
Arnaldur Indriðason – 2003, 2007, 2017
Auður Jónsdóttir – 2005, 2013
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir – 2009, 2017
Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir – 2003
Bergþóra Snærbjörnsdóttir – 2021
Bergsveinn Birgisson – 2011, 2015
Bjarni Bjarnason – 2011
Björn Th. Björnsson – 1995
Bragi Ólafsson – 2000, 2007
Bubbi Morthens – 2017
Didda – 2000
Egill Bjarnason – 2021
Einar Bragi – 1992, 2000
Einar Már Guðmundsson – 1985, 1987, 1995, 2007
Einar Kárason – 1987, 2000, 2019
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl – 2011
Eyrún Ingadóttir- 2013
Emil Hjörvar Petersen – 2015
Eva Rún Snorradóttir – 2017
Friðgeir Einarsson – 2019
Friðrik Erlingsson – 1995
Fríða Ísberg – 2019
Gerður Kristný – 2003, 2013, 2021
Guðbergur Bergsson – 1987, 2007
Guðmundur Andri Thorsson – 2003, 2013
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir- 2000, 2003, 2017
Guðrún Helgadóttir – 1992, 2007
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir – 2000, 2003
Gyrðir Elíasson – 1992, 2009
Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir – 2021
Halldór Laxness Halldórsson – 2019
Halldóra Kristín Thoroddsen- 2015
Hallgrímur Helgason – 2003, 2011, 2019
Hermann Stefánsson – 2013
Hugleikur Dagsson – 2013
Huldar Breiðfjörð- 2003
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir – 1992, 2000
Ingólfur Eiríksson – 2021
Ingunn Snædal – 2009
Ísak Harðarson – 2011
Jakobína Sigurðardóttir – 1987
Jóhann Hjálmarsson- 1995, 2009
Jón Gnarr – 2015
Jón Kalman Stefánsson – 2003, 2007, 2017
Jónas Reynir Gunnarsson – 2019
Jónína Leósdóttir – 2017
Kamilla Einarsdóttir – 2019
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir – 2005, 2011
Kristín Eiríksdóttir – 2005, 2017
Kristín Steinsdóttir – 2003, 2009
Kristín Ómarsdóttir – 2000, 2009, 2015
Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir- 2011
Kött Grá Pje – 2017
Lilja Sigurðardóttir – 2015
Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir – 2007
Margrét Lóa Jónsdóttir- 2000, 2021
María Elísabet Bragadóttir – 2021
Matthías Johannessen- 1985, 1992
Mazen Maarouf – 2013, 2019
Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir- 2015
Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir- 2011, 2015
Ólafur Gunnarsson- 1992, 2005
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson1995, 2000- 1995, 2000
Ófeigur Sigurðsson- 2015
Óskar Árni Óskarsson- 2005, 2015
Páll Skúlason- 1995
Pétur Gunnarsson- 1987, 2000, 2011
Ragna Sigurðardóttir- 2011
Ragnar Jónasson – 2017
Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson – 2019
Rúnar Helgi Vignisson- 2013
Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir – 2019
Sigrún Pálsdóttir – 2017, 2021
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir- 2003
Sigurður Pálsson- 1985, 2003
Sjón – 2000, 2005, 2017
Stefán Hörður Grímsson- 1985
Stefán Máni- 2003, 2013
Steinar Bragi- 2009
Steinunn G. Helgadóttir – 2019
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir – 1987, 1995, 2007, 2015, 2019
Sverrir Norland – 2021
Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson- 2013
Thor Vilhjálmsson- 1987, 1992, 2000, 2009
Vésteinn Ólason- 1995
Vigdís Grímsdóttir- 1992, 1995, 2003
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir- 1985, 2005, 2015
Vilborg Davíðsdóttir- 2005, 2015
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir- 2009, 2015
Þorsteinn frá Hamri- 1985, 2013
Þorsteinn Vilhjálmsson- 1995
Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir – 2019
Þórarinn Eldjárn- 1987, 2000, 2021
Þórdís Björnsdóttir- 2007
Þórdís Gísladóttir- 2015
Þórunn Erlu- Valdimarsdóttir- 2005, 2015

Israel

David Grossman – 2003
Etgar Keret – 2017

Italy

Mimmo Morina- 1985
Antonio Tabucchi – 2005
Nicola Lecca – 2007
Claudio Pozzani- 2007
Paolo Giordano- 2011

Japan

Haruki Murakami – 2003
Hiromi Kawakami – 2017
Yoko Tawada – 2019

Canada

George Johnston – 1985
William Valgardson – 1995
Yann Martel – 2003
Margaret Atwood – 2005
Graeme Gibson – 2005
Kim Echlin – 2007
Dionne Brand – 2009
Jeramy Dodds – 2009
Don McKay – 2009
Albert Frank Moritz – 2009
Michael Ondaatje – 2009
Douglas Coupland – 2013
Iain Reid – 2019
Eliza Reid – 2021

Kenya

Ngugi wa Thiong’o – 2009

China

Jung Chang – 2007
Can Xue – 2013

Lettland

Nora Ikstena – 2000

Lithuania

Gintaras Grajauskas – 2009

Lebanon

Hanan al-Shaykh – 2005

Martinique

Patrick Chamoiseau – 1995

Mexico

Alberto Blanco – 2011

Nigeria

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – 2021

Norway

Harald Sverdrup – 1985
Sigmund Mjelve – 1985
Jon Michelet – 1987
Tor Obrestad – 1987
Felix Thoresen – 1987
Erik Fosnes Hansen – 1992
Jon Fosse – 1992
Roy Jacobsen – 1992, 2019
Anne-Cath Vestly – 1992
Knut Ødegård – 1995
Thorvald Steen – 1995
Jostein Gaarder – 1995
Kjell Askildsen – 1995
Linn Ullmann – 2000
Erlend Loe – 2000
Ingvar Ambjørnsen – 2003
Lars Saabye Christensen – 2005
Hanne Ørstavik – 2007
Johan Harstad – 2009
Anne B. Ragde – 2009
Morten Strøksnes – 2017
Maja Lunde – 2019
Roy Jacobsen – 2019
Roskva Koritzinsky – 2019
Helene Flood – 2021

Palestine

Mazen Maarouf – 2013, 2019

Poland

Sławomir Mrożek – 2000
Ewa Lipska – 2013

Portugal

José Saramago – 2003

Puerto Rico

Luis López Nieves – 2009

Russia

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya – 1992
Boris Akunin – 2003
Andrei Bitov – 1987

Sápmi

Britta Marakatt-Labba – 1985
Rauni Magga Lukkari – 1987
Synnøve Persen – 1995

Chile

Isabel Allende – 1987
Carla Guelfenbein – 2007
Antonio Skármeta – 2013

Spain

Justo Jorge Padrón – 1985
José Carlos Somoza – 2003
Javier Cercas – 2005

Syria

Khaled Khalifa – 2021

South Africa

André Brink – 2000
J.M. Coetzee – 2007

South Korea

Han Kang – 2017

Sweden

Per Christian Jersild – 1987
Östen Sjöstrand
Fredrik Sjöberg – 2017
Harald Forss – 1985
Östen Sjöstrand – 1985
Per Christian Jersild – 1987
Ola Larsmo – 1987
Sara Lidman – 1987
Katarina Frostenson – 1992
Gunilla Bergström – 1992
Torgny Lindgren – 1992
Ulf Peter Hallberg – 1995
Lennart Hagerfors – 1995
Sigrid Combüchen – 1995
Kerstin Ekman – 2000
Per Olov Enquist – 2003
Henning Mankell – 2003
Mikael Niemi – 2003
Karin Wahlberg – 2005
Sara Stridsberg – 2011
Kjell Espmark – 2013
Steve Sem-Sandberg – 2013
Danny Wattin – 2015
Lena Anderson – 2015
Aase Berg – 2017
Jonas Hassen Khemiri – 2007, 2017
Tom Malmquist – 2019
Carolina Setterwall – 2019
Nina Wähä – 2021
Patrik Svensson – 2021

Czech Republic

Ivan Klíma – 2000

Turkey

Mehmed Uzun – 2005
Hakan Gunday – 2019
Elif Shafak – 2021

Ukraine

Andrey Kurkov – 2005

Hungary

Péter Esterházy – 1995
Peter Zilahy – 2003

Germany

Gerhard Köpf – 1987
Luise Rinser – 1987
Erwin Strittmatter – 1987
Hans Magnus Enzensberger – 1992
Michael Krüger – 1995
Sten Nadolny – 1995
Günter Grass – 2000
Ingo Schulze – 2000, 2011
Thomas Brussig – 2005
Karen Duve – 2005
Judith Hermann – 2005
Daniel Kehlmann – 2007
Robert Lörh – 2007
Saša Stanišić – 2007
Henning Ahrens – 2009
Kristof Magnusson – 2011, 2021
Herta Müller – 2011
Jenny Erpenbeck – 2013
Timur Vermes – 2015
Joachim Schmidt – 2021

Previous Fellows

2017

Andrea Groll – Goldmann Verlag
Eric Boury – Translator
Anne-Marie Métailié – Editions Métailie
Corinna Barsan – Grove Atlantic
Francesca Varotto – Marsilio
Giedre Kadziulyte – Apostrofa Publishers
Teresa Knochenhauer – Forum
Antje Deistler – Moderator
Claudia Mueller – Bastei Luebbe
Max Easterman – Ljósmyndari
Molly Friedrich – Friedrich Agency
Paivi Paappanen – Like Publishing
Naila Zahin Ana – PEN Participant
Rebecca Servadio – London Literary Scouting
Rosie Goldsmith – Moderator
Simon Philipe Turcot – La Peuplade
Siren Maroy Myklebust – Gyldendal Norsk
Soune de Souza Schmidt Madsen – Lindhard og Ringhof
Alexander Schwarz – Alexender Schwarz Agency
Stuart Williams – Bodley Head
Tamás Böröczki – Gondolat
Victoria Cribb – Þýðandi, handhafi Orðstírs

2021

Orðstír 2021

  • Tina Flecken
  • Tone Myklebost

2019

Dominique Pleimling – Eichborn
Katharina Bielenberg – MacLehose Press
Tynan Kogane – New Directions
Susan Sandérus – A.W. Bruna Publishers
Cian McCourt – Verso Books
Päivi Koivisto-Alanko – Tammi
Míriam Vall – Gruop Planeta
Alain Gnaedig – Gallimard
Jennifer Lindström – Norstedts Förlag
Niels Beider – Gyldendal A/S
Ellie Steel – Harvill Secke
Sofia Ribeiro – Bertrand
Lilya Omelyanenko – Vydavnytstvo Publishing House – Ukraine
Illia Strongovskyi – Vydavnytstvo Publishing House – Ukraine
John Freeman – Freeman’s