RILF collaborates with numerous institutions and organizations, including libraries, the City of Literature, PEN International, ICORN, the Icelandic Literature Center, the Publishers’ Association in Iceland, Nordic House, and Glj\u00fafrasteinn, the House of Halld\u00f3r Laxness. The festival also partners with other literary events worldwide, offering various programs and showcasing authors. RILF also offers the highly coveted Reykjav\u00edk Fellowship Program, which allows international professionals with an interest in Icelandic literature and authors to participate in an extensive and desirable program.<\/p>\n
The festival also presents Or\u00f0st\u00edr<\/em>, an honorary award recognizing translators from Icelandic into other languages. Two translators are selected for the award eachtime, with the sponsorship of the office of the<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0President of Iceland, Business Iceland, the Association of Translators and Interpreters, and the Icelandic Literature Center. Previous award winners include Catherine Eyj\u00f3lfsson and Erik Skyum-Nielsen (2015), Eric Boury and Vicky Cribb (2017), John Swedenmark and Silvia Cosimini (2019), Tina Flecken and Tone Myklebost (2021), Jacek Godek and Luciano Dutra (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, RILF presents the Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize, recognizing internationally recognized authors who have contributed to the renewal of the narrative tradition, much like Laxness himself, who received the Nobel Prize in 1955. The prize, which is worth \u20ac15,000, was first awarded in 2019 and has been presented to Ian McEwan, Elif Shafak, Andrey Kurkov and Salman Rushdie. The Halld\u00f3r Laxness International Literary Prize is supported by Glj\u00fafrasteinn, the House of Halld\u00f3r Laxness, Forlagi\u00f0 (the publisher of Halld\u00f3r Laxness in Iceland), Business Iceland, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_style” images=”3854,3849,3509,2001,1992,1994,3513,3505,2807,1944″ onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n