Bjarki Karlsson (born 1965) is an
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
ic poet, translator, linguist, and systems analyst. His first poetry collection, ''Árleysi alda'', won the
Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar Guðmundssonar (
Tómas Guðmundsson Award) for 2013. and the
Bókmenntaverðlaun starfsfólks bókaverslana in the poetry category in the same year. The book was Iceland's best-selling poetry collection in 2013. His poem ''Þúsaldarháttur'' is satirical in nature:
Personal life
He is active in
Ásatrúarfélagið
(, ''Ásatrú Fellowship''), also known simply as , is an Icelandic religious organisation of Heathenry (new religious movement), heathenry (in Iceland also called , " faith"). It was founded on the first day of summer (Iceland), first day of s ...
where he was a board member from 2011 to 2013.
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Ásatrúarfélagið
(, ''Ásatrú Fellowship''), also known simply as , is an Icelandic religious organisation of Heathenry (new religious movement), heathenry (in Iceland also called , " faith"). It was founded on the first day of summer (Iceland), first day of s ...
. After stepping down from the board he has continued to work with the organization's website.
Bibliography
Poetry
* ''Árleysi alda''. Akranes: Uppheimar, 2013
* ''Árleysi árs og alda''. Illustrations: Matthildur Margrét Árnadóttir. Guest authors: Erpur Eyvindarson a.k.a. Blaz Roca and Ewa Gaworska. This is a special hardcover gift version of ''Árlesi alda'' where new poetry has been added as well as new stanzas to the poems of 2013. Contains a music CD with 21 songs where various artists sing poems from the book. 12 of the 21 songs were composed specially the occasion. Producer of CD:
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (; born 23 April 1958), also known as HÖH, is a musician, an art director, and '' allsherjargoði'' (''chief goði'') of Ásatrúarfélagið ("the Ásatrú Association").
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson was a pioneer in the use ...
. Almenna bókafélagið: BF-útgáfa, 2014.
Music
* ''Helreið afa'' (music by
Skálmöld
Skálmöld () is a Viking / folk metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in August 2009. The band's name is literally translated as ''Age of Swords'' and also means "lawlessness", referring to the Age of the Sturlungs of Icelandic history, w ...
, lyrics by Bjarki Karlsson), ''
Vögguvísur Yggdrasils'' (track 5, disc 2) 2016. Also track 1 in ''Árleysi árs og alda''.
* ''Árleysi árs og alda CD'': For complete list of tracks, artists and composers, cf. ''IcelandicMusic.com: Árleysi árs og alda''.
Original Poetry and Nursery Rhymes in illustrated children's books
The following books only contain poetry, no prose. Bjarki's texts replace the original texts, based on the illustrations, and should not be regarded as translations.
* Hafsteinn Hafsteinsson (author af narrative, illustrator) and Bjarki Karlsson (conversion of narrative to verse), ''Enginn sá hundinn''. Reykjavík : Mál og menning, 2016
* ''Ástin mín'', new text by Bjarki Karlsson. Illustrators and authors of poetry in the original version: Jo Ryan, Robyn Newton and Amy Oliver. Reykjavík: Unga ástin mín, 2016.
* ''Knús'', new text by Bjarki Karlsson. Illustrator: Holly Jackman. Author of poetry in the original version: Natalie Boyd. Reykjavík: Unga ástin mín, 2016
* ''Mjá! Mjá!'' new text by Bjarki Karlsson. Illustrator: Holly Jackman. Author of poetry in the original version: Natalie Boyd. Reykjavík: Unga ástin mín, 2016
* ''Heiðrún Ýr'', new text by Bjarki Karlsson. Illustrator: Chantal Renn. Authors of poetry in the original version: Nicoal Friggens, Natalie Munday and Anna Vallarino. Reykjavík: Unga ástin mín. 2017.
* ''Snati Már'', new text by Bjarki Karlsson. Illustrator: Chantal Renn. Authors of poetry in the original version: Nicoal Friggens, Natalie Munday and Anna Vallarino. Reykjavík: Unga ástin mín. 2017.
Translations
Bjarki has translated some books, mostly books for toddlers, but also:
Poetry:
*
Yahya Hassan, ''Yahya Hassan: ljóð'', trans. by Bjarki Karlsson. Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2014
Prose:
* Thiago de Moraes, ''Atlas goðsagna''. Reykjavík: Bókafélagið, 2018.
* Frith, Alex and Louie Stowell (authors) and Matteo Pincelli (illustrations), ''Sögur úr norrænni goðafræði''. Reykjavík: Rósakot, 2015.
See also
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List of Icelandic writers
Iceland has a rich literary history, which has carried on into the modern period.
Some of the best known examples of Icelandic literature are the Sagas of Icelanders. These are prose narratives based on historical events that took place in Icela ...
*
Icelandic literature
Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wo ...
References
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Living people
1965 births
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Modern pagan poets
Adherents of Germanic neopaganism
Icelandic satirical poets
Icelandic children's poets
Icelandic humorous poets
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