{"id":2031,"date":"2019-09-21T01:40:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T01:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bokmenntahatid.8.is\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:02:22","slug":"ian-mcewan-awarded-the-first-halldor-laxness-international-literary-prize-in-reykjavik","status":"publish","type":"frettir","link":"https:\/\/bokmenntahatid.is\/en\/frettir\/ian-mcewan-awarded-the-first-halldor-laxness-international-literary-prize-in-reykjavik\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McEwan awarded the first Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize in Reykjav\u00edk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday September 19th, Ian McEwan was awarded the first Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize. Katr\u00edn Jakobsd\u00f3ttir, Iceland&#8217;s Prime Minister, presented the author with the award.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony was held at Ver\u00f6ld, House of Vigd\u00eds, at the University of Iceland. A recording from the award ceremony is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oWDlJdUaO28&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR1ne9wdzbHr1fh7d0weTW0xrzvigzVWpbG3FeZClHAf7UlxgBgw8AVpPw0&amp;app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Award Ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Icelandic media interviewed Ian McEwan during his stay in Iceland: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruv.is\/sjonvarp\/spila\/kastljos\/27725?ep=88d08s&amp;term=mcewan&amp;rtype=tv&amp;slot=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kastlj\u00f3si\u00f0 R\u00daV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbl.is\/frettir\/innlent\/2019\/09\/18\/utlitid_er_svart_nuna\/?fbclid=IwAR38JacBnlA8NNKD4Ef6z-U5siNVnbqpvqNcPY2edqqMlfCN54DqVCG-jq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morgunbla\u00f0i\u00f0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruv.is\/frett\/skaldsagan-aetti-ad-vera-daud?term=mcewan&amp;rtype=news&amp;slot=4\">R\u00e1s 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/grapevine.is\/news\/2019\/09\/27\/interweaving-reality-and-imagination-ian-mcewan-accepts-literature-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reykjav\u00edk Grapevine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1943,"template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"frettaflokkar":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ian McEwan awarded the first Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize in Reykjav\u00edk - B\u00f3kmenntah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bokmenntahatid.is\/en\/frettir\/ian-mcewan-awarded-the-first-halldor-laxness-international-literary-prize-in-reykjavik\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ian McEwan awarded the first Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize in Reykjav\u00edk - B\u00f3kmenntah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Thursday September 19th, Ian McEwan was awarded the first Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize. 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