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- Salka – Love and death\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The writer Halld\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson discusses with the playwright and actress Unnur \u00d6sp Stef\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir her new work based on the novel Salka Valka. Unnur will then perform a sample from the work.<\/p>\n
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- Excellence from the Outskirts: What a Difference a Nobel Prize Can Make<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, professor of literature at Aarhus University and expert in the system of world literature.<\/p>\n
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- The Glacier is Open: On Young People’s Reading of Halld\u00f3r Laxness’s Works in the Light of Christianity Under the Glacier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Anna R\u00f3s \u00c1rnad\u00f3ttir, literary scholar and poet.<\/p>\n
Presented by Halld\u00f3r Laxness Halld\u00f3rsson.<\/span><\/p>\n
The entire program will be held in Icelandic, except for Mads Rosendahl Thomsen’s lecture, which will be in English.<\/em><\/p>\n
The symposium will be attended by the Embassy of Sweden in Iceland, Glj\u00fafrasteinn, Forlagi\u00f0, Reykjav\u00edk Literary Agency, the Literature- and Art History institution of University of Iceland, and the Nordic House. Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome.<\/p>\n
Arount the same time, the Nobel Prize itself will be on display at the National Library. The exhibition will run from 27 October to 19 December. The money and the award certificate will be on display, and it will also be possible to see a silver laurel wreath that the Icelandic Labour Union presented to Halld\u00f3r on the occasion of the award.<\/p>\n
These events, exhibitions and symposium are part of a series of events about Halld\u00f3r Laxness and the Nobel Prize. Earlier this fall, the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum hosted a program with artists Ragnar Kjartansson and Joan Jonas about the influence of Halld\u00f3r Laxness on their artistic creation.<\/p>\n
The day before, Wednesday, November 5, there will be a Quiz game called Barsvar in the St\u00fadentakjallarinn (the student restaurant\/bar) hosted by the Student Bookstore, with the theme of Halld\u00f3r Laxness. The Barsvar will start at 7 p.m. and everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n
Accessibility in Eliss Auditorium is good for wheelchairs, although there is a low threshold into the hall.
\nFurther information about accessibility is available from info@nordichouse.is<\/p>\n
- The Glacier is Open: On Young People’s Reading of Halld\u00f3r Laxness’s Works in the Light of Christianity Under the Glacier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Excellence from the Outskirts: What a Difference a Nobel Prize Can Make<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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