{"id":58834,"date":"2024-03-05T14:45:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&p=58834"},"modified":"2024-08-07T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:13:55","slug":"meet-the-author-with-carl-johan-jensen-einar-mar","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/meet-the-author-with-carl-johan-jensen-einar-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet-the-author: with Carl J\u00f3han Jensen & Einar M\u00e1r"},"content":{"rendered":"

We proudly present our next literature event in the Meet-the-author series at the Nordic House auditorium, the 25th of August at 16:00, in collaboration with The Representation of the Faroe Islands in Reykjavik. Meet Carl J\u00f3han Jensen in conversation with Einar M\u00e1r Gu\u00f0mundsson, as they unfold Carl J\u00f3han Jensen authorship. The conversation will be held in Icelandic.<\/h3>\n
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Carl J\u00f3han Jensen (b.1957). He holds a degree in linguistics and literature. He made his debut in 1977 with the poetry collection Yrkingar, and has since published works of poetry, novels and essays, which has been translated to many languages. Carl J\u00f3han Jensen is one of the most prominent authors on the Faroese literary scene today and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Faroese Literature Prize \u201cMentanarvir\u00f0isl\u00f8n M.A. Jakobsens\u201d in 1989, 2006, 2015 and 2022, and has been nominated for the Nordic Councils Literature Prize on several occasions.<\/div>\n
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Einar M\u00e1r Gu\u00f0mundsson (b. 1954) hardly needs an introduction to our audience. He is one of the most widely translated Icelandic authors and has received many awards and distinctions for his books.<\/div>\n
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The Nordic House Library has many of their works, translated into several Nordic languages, which you can borrow with a library card, if you want to get familiar or reacquainted with their work. The event will be opened by the Faroese representative to Iceland, Hanna \u00ed Horni.<\/div>\n
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The restaurant S\u00f3n\u00f3 will be open before and during the event, for those wanting food and refreshments.<\/div>\n
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We look forward to seeing you all.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We proudly present our next literature event in the Meet-the-author series at the Nordic House auditorium, the 25th of August at 16:00, in collaboration with The Representation of the Faroe Islands in Reykjavik. Meet Carl J\u00f3han Jensen in conversation with Einar M\u00e1r Gu\u00f0mundsson, as they unfold Carl J\u00f3han Jensen authorship. The conversation will be held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":58822,"template":"","event-categories":[8],"class_list":["post-58834","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-literature","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/58834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=58834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}