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Nýhil
Founded2002
FounderEiríkur Örn Norðdahl,
Country of originIceland
Headquarters locationReykjavík
Publication typesExperimental literature

Nýhil was an Icelandic avant-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.

History

The group's 'most active years were between 2004 and 2009'. 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. For a period beginning in spring 2006 the group ran a poetry bookshop in the premises of Bad Taste Records on Laugavegur. The group has also been identified as one of the sources of left-wing critical thinking that underpinned Iceland's 2009 'Pots and pans revolution'.

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

The collective drew to a close as its main members emerged into the Icelandic literary mainstream. Prominent Icelandic authors who have published extensively with Nýhil include Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Óttar M. Norðfjörð. However, its members were linked with a series of 'radical summerschools' which began in 2009 (Nýhil published the summerschool's first proceedings in that year as Af marxisma), and the summerschools have continued.

Publications

Here follows a complete list of publications named as being by Nýhil in the Icelandic national library catalogue Gegnir.

Novels

  • Örvitinn eða hugsjónamaðurinn. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð (text); Inga Birgisdóttir teiknaði (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Konur. Steinar Bragi. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Eitur fyrir byrjendur. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006

Essays/non-fiction/biography

  • Íslensk menningarpólitík. Bjarki Valtýsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2011
  • Arkitektinn með alpahúfuna: ævisaga Sverris Norðfjörð. Óttar M. Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Af marxisma. ed. by Magnús Þór Snæbjörnsson and Viðar Þorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Íslam með afslætti. ed. by Auður Jónsdóttir & Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Gissurson: hver er orginal?. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Hólmsteinn: holaðu mig, dropi, holaðu mig: 2. bindi í ævisögu Hannesar Hólmsteins Gissurarsonar. Óttar M. Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Hannes: nóttin er blá, mamma. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Af ljóðum. Ed. by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005

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. 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

Other poetry and experimental writing

  • Gengismunur: ljóð úr skýrslu rannsóknarnefndar alþingis. Jón Örn Loðmfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Gjá. Haukur Már Helgason, ed. by Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Grimm ævintýri. Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson (text); Gunnlaugur Starri Gylfason (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Endalok: úrval ljóða. Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Sjálf kvíslast ég. Hildur Lilliendahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Af steypu. ed. by Eiríkur Örn Norðdal and Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • FALN 2009: 5ta alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhil 2009 = Nýhíl international poetry festival V 2009 NIPF. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Ég hata alla!: ... da ra ra raaa. Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Högg á vatni. Hermann Stefánsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Sori: manifestó. Valerie Solanas, trans. by Dr. Usli. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Úr skilvindu drauma. Arngrímur Vídalín. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Það sem mér finnst helst að heiminum.... Ingólfur Gíslason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Usli: kennslubók. Dr. Usli. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Með villidýrum. Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Fréttir frá mínu landi: óspakmæli og örsögur. Ármann Jakobsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Tvítólaveizlan. Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavik: Nýhil, 2008
  • Gáttir: þýðingarit 4ðu alþjóðlegu ljóðahátíðar Nýhils = Gateways: translation of the 4th intl. Nýhil poetry festival: Reykjavík 22.-24. ágúst 2008. ritstjóri = editor Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Síðasta ljóðabók Sjóns. Celidonius. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Þess á milli. Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • 3ja alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhils: Reykjavík 12.-14. október 2007: Þjóðleikhúskjallaranum og Norræna húsinu. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Þjónn, það er Fönix í öskubakkanum mínum!: ljóðasafn. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Biblía gáfaða fólksins. Gils N. Eggerz. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Sekúndu nær dauðanum: vá, tíminn líður!. Ingólfur Gíslason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Handsprengja í morgunsárið: baráttukvæði. Ingólfur Gíslason & Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Fenrisúlfur. Bjarni Klemenz. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Barkakýli úr tré: ljóðabók. Þorsteinn Guðmundsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Storie S: schemes. Th,. J.B. (texts); Th., J.B. (translation); J.B. (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Svavar Pétur & 20. öldin. Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • AÁBCDÐEÉFG .... Aórtt M. Ððfjnorrö. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Úfin, strokin. Örvar der Alte. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Ást æða varps. Ófeigur Sigurðsson and others, ed. by Haukur Már Helgason & Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Sirkus. Óttar Martin. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Ofurmennisþrá: milli punkts og stjarna. Valur Brynjar Antonsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Grillveður í október. Óttarr m. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Af okkur. ed. by Viðar Þorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Á íslensku má alltaf finna Ginsberg . Allen Ginsberg, trans. and read by Eiríkur Örn Norddahl, with music by Gísli Magnússon. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Handlöngun. Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Spegilmynd Púpunnar: greatests shits. Hallvarður Ásgeirsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • 2004. Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Af stríði. ed. by Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Nihil obstat. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Heimsendapestir. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2002

External links

Further reading

  • Hjalti Snær Ægisson. “Um ljóðabækur ungskálda frá árinu 2004. Nokkrar glæfralegar athugasemdir,” Són (2005): 141–59.
  • Viðar Þorsteinsson. “Nýhil, eða vandi hins nýja,” Skírnir (spring 2006): 207–11.
  • Hermann Stefánsson. “Eitthvað nýtt!” Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (9 June 2007): 10.
  • Benedikt Hjartarson. “Af þrálátum dauða og upprisum framúrstefnunnar: Ótímabærar hugleiðingar um hefðarvitund og nýsköpun,” Són: Tímarit um óðfræði 8 (2010): 173–207.
  • Bjarni Bjarnason. Boðskort í þjóðarveislu. N.p.: Uppheimar, 2009. pp. 172-95.

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. Árni Daníel Júlíusson and Magnús Sveinn Helgason, 'The Roots of the Saucepan Revolution in Iceland', in Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest, ed. by Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Laurence Cox, Routledge Advances in Sociology, 103 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013), pp. 189-203 (p. 199).
  6. Sjötta alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhils, http://www.nordice.is/vidburdir/fyrirlestrar/vidburdir/nr/660 (viewed 15 July 2013).
  7. 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/.
  8. Bókhneigður banki, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1069444/, Morgunblaðið, 3 March 2006.
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