Nýhil

Nýhil
Founded 2002
Founder Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl,
Country of origin Iceland
Headquarters location Reykjavík
Publication types Experimental literature

Nýhil was an Icelandic avante-garde small press and association of young writers, founded around 2002-2004 by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Haukur Már Helgason, followed shortly by Grímur Hákonarson, and ceasing operation around 2011.[1] The group's 'most active years were between 2004 and 2009'.[2] The group was noted for its social criticism and international outlook, publishing over 50 volumes, and bringing over 40 writers from abroad to its poetry festivals.[3] For a period beginning in spring 2006 the group ran a poetry bookshop in the premises of Bad Taste Records on Laugavegur.[4]

The group also ran an international poetry festival, whose seventh iteration took place in the Norræna húsið in autumn 2010.[5]

The collective drew to a close as its main members emerged into the Icelandic literary mainstream.[6] Prominent Icelandic authors who have published extensively with Nýhil include Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Steinar Bragi, and Óttar M. Norðfjörð.

Norrænar bókmenntir

In 2006, Nýhil made a deal with Landsbankinn that the bank would pay for 130 copies of the nine books in the Nýhil series Norrænar bókmenntir to be distributed to libraries throughout Iceland.[7] They were:

Author Title Year
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl Blandarabrandarar (die Mixerwitze) 2005
Haukur Már Helgason Rispa jeppa 2005
Kristín Eiríksdóttir Húðlit auðnin 2006
Ófeigur Sigurðsson Roði 2006
Óttar M. Norðfjörð Gleði & glötun 2005
Tinna Timian Litli kall strikes again 2006
Valur Brynjar Antonsson Eðalog: drög að vísindaljóðlist 21. aldar 2006
Þórdís Björnsdóttir Og svo kom nóttin 2006
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason Gamall þrjótur, nýir tímar 2005

References

  1. ↑ For the date of 2004, see Amanda De Marco, 'The Artists Formerly Known as Nýhil', Three Percent: A Resource for International Literature at the University of Rochester 12 October 2011, http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3659. For 2002, see Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 'Nýhil and Tíu þúsund tregawött', 23.05.07, http://nypoesi.net/?id=tekst&no=37.
  2. ↑ Rebecca Scott Lord, 'Future Perfect: Poetry as gateway to mainstream literary success?', The Reykjavík Grapevine (November 14, 2014), http://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2014/11/14/future-perfect/.
  3. ↑ Amanda De Marco, 'The Artists Formerly Known as Nýhil', Three Percent: A Resource for International Literature at the University of Rochester 12 October 2011, http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3659.
  4. ↑ 'Nýhil opnar ljóðabókabúð', http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1083389/, Morgunblaðið, 20 May 2006.
  5. ↑ Sjötta alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhils, http://www.nordice.is/vidburdir/fyrirlestrar/vidburdir/nr/660 (viewed 15 July 2013).
  6. ↑ Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson, 'Youth Groups In Icelandic Literature, A Brief History Of: From Fjölnir to Medúsa to Nýhil to Meðgönguljóð...', The Reykjavík Grapevine (November 14, 2014), http://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2014/11/14/youth-groups-in-icelandic-literature-a-brief-history-of/.
  7. ↑ Bókhneigður banki, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1069444/, Morgunblaðið, 3 March 2006.
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