Iceland review - 2013, Side 12

10 ICELAND REVIEW
art Center extraOrdinaire
eyrarrós
Hof
march 12, 2013
skaftfell – Center for Visual art in seyðisfjörður, east
iceland, was presented with the 2013 eyrarrós culture
award by the first lady of iceland dorrit Moussaieff for
outstanding cultural work outside the capital region. PS
POrtraying a PastOr
and mastering evil
THe IcelandIc lITeraTure awards
Bessastaðir
February 6, 2013
the winners of the 2012 literature awards were eiríkur Örn norðdahl,
whose novel illska (‘evil’) was considered the best among books
nominated in the fiction category, and gunnar f. guðmundsson,
whose biography pater jón sveinsson – nonni, won the prize for
non-fiction.
Children’s books by author and society of Jesus minister Jón
sveinsson (1857-1944), commonly known as nonni, have appeared
around the world and been translated to more than 30 languages. this
is the first biography about him in icelandic.
the 540-page long illska, which has received rave reviews, features
a love triangle including a neo-nazi and a lithuanian of Jewish
descent in present day iceland. the story also takes readers around
europe and back to the holocaust and in spite of the morbid topic
and dark title is said to be hilarious as well as sad. ESA
eye Candy
eddas
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fIlm and
TelevIsIon
awards
Harpa
February 16, 2013
the big winner at the 2013 icelandic film and
television awards was director Baltasar Kormákur,
whose docudrama The deep won 11 eddas, including
Best film and Best director. ólafur darri ólafsson
(interviewed in ir 0113), who played the leading role of
a shipwrecked fisherman, was awarded Best actor.
thriller Black’s Game by director óskar Þór axelsson
also received numerous nominations and claimed three
awards for Best screenplay (óskar Þór axelsson), Best
actress in a supporting role (María Birta Bjarnadóttir)
and Best actor in a supporting role (damon younger).
Best actress was sara dögg Ásgeirsdóttir for her role
as an investigative reporter in the crime series pressa 3.
the series also won the award for Best fiction program.
director Kristín Jóhannesdóttir received the honorary
award for her life’s work. ESA
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Jón Sveinsson (Nonni).
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
in his role in The deep.