Icelandic Literary Prize

The Icelandic Literary Prize (Icelandic: Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to two books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's centennial in 1989. One award is for fiction or poetry and the other for academic and non-fiction works. Five books are nominated in each category, and the year's nominations are publicized in the beginning of December, but the prize itself is not awarded until January. Because the year's nominations come in the middle of the Christmas book flood, these books receive a great deal of marketing. Once the books have been nominated, the Icelandic Publishers Association appoints a selection committee which chooses the winners.

List of winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction

Year	Winner	Title (English)	Title (Icelandic)	Notes
1989	Stefán Hörður Grímsson		Yfir heiðan morgun: ljóð '87-'89
1990	Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir	Through the Night	Meðan nóttin líður
1991	Guðbergur Bergsson	The Swan	Svanurinn
1992	Þorsteinn frá Hamri	The Sleeping Sailor	Sæfarinn sofandi
1993	Hannes Pétursson		Eldhylur
1994	Vigdís Grímsdóttir		Grandavegur 7
1995	Steinunn Sigurðardóttir	Heart Place	Hjartastaður
1996	Böðvar Guðmundsson	Tree of Life	Lífsins tré
1997	Guðbergur Bergsson		Faðir og móðir og dulmagn bernskunnar: skáldævisaga
1998	Thor Vilhjálmsson		Morgunþula í stráum
1999	Andri Snær Magnason	The Story of the Blue Planet	Sagan af bláa hnettinum
2000	Gyrðir Elíasson		Gula húsið
2001	Hallgrímur Helgason	The Author of Iceland	Höfundur Íslands
2002	Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir		Hvar sem ég verð
2003	Ólafur Gunnarsson		Öxin og jörðin
2004	Auður Jónsdóttir	The People in the Basement	Fólkið í kjallaranum
2005	Jón Kalman Stefánsson	Summer Light and Then Comes the Night	Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin
2006	Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson		Aldingarðurinn
2007	Sigurður Pálsson		Minnisbók
2008	Einar Kárason		Ofsi
2009	Guðmundur Óskarsson		Bankster
2010	Gerdur Kristný	Bloodhoof	Blódhófnir
2011	Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir		Allt með kossi vekur
2012	Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl	Evil	Illska

• Primary source: Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin (In Icelandic)

List of winners of the Icelandic Literary Prize for academic works

Year	Winner	Title (English)	Title (Icelandic)	Notes
1993	Jón G. Friðjónsson		Mergur málsins : íslensk orðatiltæki: uppruni, saga og notkun
1994	Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir		Skáldið sem sólin kyssti : ævisaga Guðmundar Böðvarssonar
1995	Þór Whitehead		Milli vonar og ótta
1996	Þorsteinn Gylfason	Thinking in Icelandic	Að hugsa á íslensku
1997	Guðjón Friðriksson		Einar Benediktsson
1998	Hörður Ágústsson		Íslensk byggingararfleifð I: ágrip af húsagerðarsögu 1750-1940
1999	Páll Valsson		Jónas Hallgrímsson
2000	Guðmundur Páll Ólafsson		Hálendið í náttúru Íslands
2001	Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir		Björg
2002	Páll Hersteinsson, Pétur M. Jónasson		Þingvallavatn
2003	Guðjón Friðriksson		Jón Sigurðsson, ævisaga II
2004	Halldór Guðmundsson		Halldór Laxness–ævisaga
2005	Kristín B. Guðnadóttir, Gylfi Gíslason, Arthur Danto, Matthías Johannessen, Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir		Kjarval
2006	Andri Snær Magnason	Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation	Draumalandið - sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð
2007	Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson		Ljóðhús. Þættir um skáldskap Sigfúsar Daðasonar
2008	Þorvaldur Kristinsson		Lárus Pálsson leikari
2009	Helgi Björnsson		Jöklar á Íslandi
2010	Helgi Hallgrímsson	The Mushroom Book	Sveppabókin
2011	Páll Björnsson		Jón forseti allur? Táknmynd þjóðhetju frá andláti til samtíðar

External links

• List of nominees and winners, Icelandic Booksellers Association (Icelandic)

See also

• Icelandic literature
• Nordic Council's Literature Prize