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Hallgrímur Helgason
was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. He started out as a painter and has held over 30 exhibitions in various countries.
His best known book is 101 Reykjavik, which has appeared in 13 languages and was nominated for the Nordic Prize for Literature. A movie based on the novel was released in 2000 to international acclaim. Hallgrímur’s novel The Author of Iceland received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2001. Beside his novels, Hallgrímur has written plays, poetry and countless articles for newspapers and magazines home and abroad, as well as being an active political analyst in the Icelandic media. In 2008 The Hitman’s Guide to House Cleaning was published in Iceland, the first book Hallgrímur has ever written in English. It won the German prize for The Quaintest Title Award in 2010. His latest book, The Woman at 1000 C, was published in 2011.
Photo © Birgir Gunnarsson
The Woman at 1000°C (2011)
Reykjavik 101 (2002)
The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning (2012)
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Vasily Grossman
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