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Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl

X. [Þú segir]

  • 1 Formáli: Kreppusonnettan | Translations: enda
  • 2 X. [Ég dó en nú lifi ég um ] | Translations: enplsvet
  • 3 X. [Er teikning til af sveltandi barni] | Translations: ensvet
  • 4 X. [Missa vængi missa flug ] | Translations: ensk
  • 5 X. [Þú segir] | Translations: enplsvet
  • 6 Ég er bréfshaus | Translations: ensksvetdezhptcy
  • 7 ...og orðið var Clint | Translations: skenesdeet
  • 8 Swing ding – f. Ödda | Translations: en
  • 9 Parabólusetning | Translations: etdeenfi
  • 10 Ur órum Tobba
Language: icelandic
Translations: english (X.[You say]), polish (X.[Mówisz]), swedish (X.[Du säger ju:]), estonian (X.[Sa ütled])
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X. [Þú segir]

Þú segir:
                      „Ég er ríkur og orðinn
                      auðugur og þarfnast einskis“

                      Þú veist ekki að þú ert vesalingur
                      og aumingi, fátækur, blindur og nakinn

                                            obsassa veldur usla
                                            berrassa betur í basli

                                                     munnmök eru talin eiga uppruna sinn í
                                                       kínverskum trúarbrögðum

           Vændiskonur detta ekki í lukkupotta

                                                                  þeim er hrint

© Eirikur Örn Norddahl
Audio production: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2010

Translations:

Language: english

X.[You say]

You say:
                      "I am rich and have
                      become wealthy and need nothing “


                      Yet you know not that you're the wretched one,
                      miserable, poor, blind, and naked

                                            oopsadaisy causes mayhem
                                            bare-assed in Bethlehem

                                                             oral-sex is thought to have originated in
                                                             chinese mythology

         Prostitutes don't just get lucky

                                                             they get pushed

Translated by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Language: polish

X.[Mówisz]

Mówisz:
                      „Jestem bogaty i stałem się
                      zamożny i niczego nie potrzebuję”


                      Nie wiesz, że jesteś nędznikiem
                      i nieszczęśnikiem, biednym, ślepym, i nagim

                                            jejkujejku chaos zieje
                                            goły gnojku w betlejem

                                                             seks oralny podobno ma swoje
                                                             korzenie w wierzeniach chińskiej

              Prostytutki nie wygrywają losu na loterii

                                                                                    jest im wpychany

Translation: Olga Holownia.
Language: swedish

X.[Du säger ju:]

Du säger ju:
                      “Jag är rik, ja, jag har vunnit
                      rikedomar och behöver intet”

                      Du vet icke att du just är eländig och
                      ömkansvärd och fattig och blind och naken.

                                            hoppsasa på urusla
                                            bararslad bättra sysslar

                                                             oralsex anses härstammas från kinesisk
                                                             mytologi

              Prostituerade ramlar inte bara i lyckans famn

                                                                                    De blir knuffade

Translation: Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Language: estonian

X.[Sa ütled]

Sa ütled:
                       „Ma olen rikas, jah, ma olen
                      jõukas ja mul pole mitte midagi tarvis”

                      Samas ei tea sa seda et just sina oled see armetu,
                      õnnetu, vaene, pime ja alasti

                                            segadus hop-hoplaa
                                            parem palja perssega

                                                             suuseks arvatakse pärinevat
                                                             hiina mütoloogiast

              Prostituutid ei komista õnne otsa

                                                               neile pannakse jalg ette

Translation: Carolina Pihelgas.
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Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl

photo © private
* 01.07.1978, Reykjavík, Iceland
lives in: Ísafjörður, Iceland

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl was born in Reykjavík on July 1st 1978. He finished his secondary education in Ísafjörður in the Westfjords in Iceland in 1999 and later studied German in Berlin in 2003.

As well as being a writer, Eiríkur has done a number of jobs through the years, taught at grade school, done painting jobs at a ship yard, been a night guard at a hotel, worked at homes for handicapped people, been a caregiver at old people's homes, a cleaner at a cruise ship and a chef at a day care center, to name some.

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He is one of the founders of Nyhil, a publishing house that focuses on writings by young people and also organizes various cultural events. Eiríkur Örn has organized a number of festivals and poetry programs for Nyhil in Reykjavik, Berlin and in Ísafjörður. He was the director of The Nyhil International Poetry Festival held in Reykjavik in August 2005 and the same festival in November 2006. A large group of Icelandic and foreign poets took part in these festivals.

Eiríkur was also director of Traktor in Ísafjörður, a sub-company of Bjartur Publishing House, which should focus on fresh and provocative literature by Icelandic and foreign authors.

Eiríkur Örn's first published book is the poetry book Heilagt stríð - runnið undan rifjum drykkjumanna (A Wholy War - Initiated by Drinkers) which he published himself in 50 copies in 2001. Earlier (in 2000) he had published three short stories, each in a booklet. Since then, Eiríkur has sent forward more books of poetry, published by Nyhil, in Icelandic and English, as well as two novels. The latter, Eitur fyrir byrjendur (Poison for Beginners) came out in 2006. His poetry has also appeared in collections and magazines in Iceland and abroad. Furthermore, Eiríkur Örn is a translator, both of fiction and non fiction, and has written articles about literature and social issues for newspapers, magazines and radio.

Eiríkur is a productive blogger, as can be seen on his site fjallabaksleidin.blogspot.com, as well as on other sites, such as the literary website Tíu þúsund tregawött (tregawott.net) and the Nyhil website (nyhil.org). In 2008 Eiríkur received the Icelandic Translation Award for his translation of Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem. Among other books he’s translated is Maíkonungurinn – selected poems by Allen Ginsberg and 131.839 slög með bilum, an anthology of foreign contemporary and experimental poetry.

Publications
  • Heilagt stríð - runnið undan rifjum drykkjumanna

    (A Wholy War - Initiated by Drinkers)

    2001

  • Eitur fyrir byrjendur

    (Poison for Beginners)

    Nyhil, 2006

  • Gift für Anfänger

    Roman

    Berlin: Verlag Kozempel & Timm, 2010

  • Booby, be quiet!

    Collection of essays and columns about poetry, literature and literary politics

    Helsinki: Osuuskunta Poesia, 2011

  • IWF! IWF! OMG! OMG!

    Lyrik

    Übersetzung aus dem Isländischen von Jón Bjarni Atlason und Alexander Sitzmann

    Berlin: Verlag Kozempel & Timm, 2011

  • The Dictators & other sound poems

    CD/download

    home-burned with a nice cover, 2011

  • Gift för nybörjare

    translated by Anna Gunnarsdotter Grünberg

    Malmö: Rámus Förlag, 2012

  • Böse

    Roman

    Aus dem Isländischen von Tina Flecken und Betty Wahl

    Stuttgart: Tropen, 2014

Awards
  • 2008 Icelandic Translation Award for his translation of Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Links
  • Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl at Maintenant

    ‘Prostitutes don’t just get lucky by accident’ - an interview with Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl by SJ Fowler

    Website (en)
  • Eirikur Örn Norddahl's website

    Website (en)
  • Höpöhöpö Böks

    Eirikur's Ö chapter for Christian Bök

    Website
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