Bjarki Karlsson
Bjarki Karlsson (born 1965) is an Icelandic poet, translator, linguist, and systems analyst. His first poetry collection, Árleysi alda,[1] won the Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar Guðmundssonar (Tómas Guðmundsson Award) for 2013.[2] and the Bókmenntaverðlaun starfsfólks bókaverslana[3] in the poetry category in the same year. The book was Iceland's best-selling poetry collection in 2013.[4]
Personal life[edit]
He is active in Ásatrúarfélagið where he was a board member from 2011 to 2013.[5][6] After stepping down from the board he has continued to work with the organization's website.[6]
Bibliography[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- 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. Almenna bókafélagið: BF-útgáfa, 2014.[7]
Music[edit]
- Helreið afa (music by Skálmöld, 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.[8]
Original Poetry and Nursery Rhymes in illustrated children's books[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bjarki Karlsson, Árleysi alda (Akranes: Uppheimar, 2013), p. 9.
- ^ "Bjarki hlaut Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar".
- ^ "Bókmenntaverðlaun starfsólks bókaverslana 2013. Miðstöð íslenskra bókmennta".
- ^ "Bóksölulisti Félags íslenskra bókaútgefenda, 1. janúar til 31. desember 2013". Archived from the original on March 21, 2014.
- ^ Allsherjarþing 2011. Ásatrúarfélagið.
- ^ a b Allsherjarþing 2013. Ásatrúarfélagið.
- ^ Bjarki Karlsson, Árleysi árs og alda (Reykjavík: Almenna Bókafélagið, 2014), pp. 2-13.
- ^ "IcelandicMusic.com Árleysi árs og alda". IcelandicMusic.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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