Foreign Rights - spring 2013

Bjartur & VeröldReykjavík

Foreign rights – spring 2013

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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Literary AgentZULMA (France)[email protected] International publishersFrance – ZulmaItaly – EinaudiGermany – Insel Verlag/SuhrkampDenmark – AtheneNorwy – PaxSpain – AlfagueraThe Netherlands – De Besige BijCzech Republic – Albatros MediaRomania – PandoraTaiwan – AquariusUnited Kingdom – Pushkin PressSlovakia – SlovartBulgaria – ColibriPortugal – Marcador editoraChina – Beijing Yanziyeu Culture & Art Studio

World English:Amazon Crossing

“Rosa candida is a rare book, full of beauty. After opening the book I was unable to put it down, entirely captivated by its enchanting style.”– Le Page

ROSA CANDIDA: Selected by 771 book-shops in France as the best european novel in 2010. (Prix Page des libraires 2010).

http://bit.ly/UC2zTq

Literary AwardsPrix Page des librairesPrix des amis du ScribePrix du roman venu d’ailleurs (France)Prix des libraires du Québec (Canada)Women’s Literary Award (Iceland)DV Cultural Award (Iceland)

Short-listedPrix FeminaGrand Prix desLectrices de ElleNordic Council Literary PrizeIcelandic Literary Prize

The Exception (Undantekningin) was published in Oct 2012. 3 print-runs, a major success in Iceland. Nominated to the Icelandic Literary Award. Allready sold to France and Spain.

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Rosa Candida(Afleggjarinn, 2007)

Rain in November(Rigning í nóvember, 2004)

Raised Earth(Upphækkuð jörð, 1998)

“A revelation ... wonderfully worked-out gourmet prose.”– Le Monde

“The literary discovery of the year,”– Le Parisien, on Rosa Candida

http://bit.ly/UC2zTq

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Steinunn SigurðardóttirOne of Iceland´s most highly acclaimed novelists. Received The Icelandic Literary Prize in 1996 for her book heart’s Place.

To be published by Amazon Crossing in 2013

The Good Lover (2009)

“Sigurdardottir is very goodat describing love as anobession and a martyrdom.”–Weekendavisen, Denmark

“Magnificent piece of fiction.” Ras 1 Radio on The Good Lover

HHHHH“The text is sharp and clear-cut,yet moving and funny.”– Anna Lilja Þórisdóttir, Morgunblaðið Newspaper, on Jójó

HHHHH“Brilliant– very, very brilliant in fact.”– Kristján Hrafn Guðmundsson, DV Newspaper, on Jójó

HHHHH“... close to perfection.”– Friðrika Benónýsdóttir, Fréttablaðið, on Jójó

Jójó (2011)

English sample translation available.

For Lisa (2012)An independent continuation of the award-winning Jójó

“A beautifully written story that runs the gamut of emotions and provides amemorable portrayal of a sensitive issue.”– Fréttablaðið on Jójó

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Literary AgentLIEPMAN AGEnglischviertelstrasse 59CH-8032 Zü[email protected]

International publishersDenmark:GyldendalRosinanteMunksgaardSweden:UP FOR GRABSForumTreviFranceÉditions héloïse d‘OrmessonDenoelFlammarionGermanyRowohltFisherSwitzerland:Ammann/Paperback:Finnland:OtavaNorway:CappelenBelgium / Nederlands:Manteau/Meulenhoff

“A unique book by a unique author.” – Le Monde on The Thief of Time

“ It’s virtuoso ... so beautiful to read that you do not want to stop”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Sólskinshestur

BJARTUR PRIZE WINNING AUThORS

Photo: David Ingaszewski

“her humour and the playful, extremely inventive writing style make the reading a joy not unlike reading halldor Laxness when he was at his best.” – Politiken, Danemark, on The Thief of Time


Jón Kalman Stefánsson“Such is the magnificent ambiguity of this masterpiece, indeed like a clap of thunder, in the heavy sky of the surrounding literary mediocrity. (…) It seems impossible for this unlikely blend to succeed and the miracle of this text is to constantly achieve this success with supreme effect and grace.” – La Quinzaine Litteraire, on The heart of Man.

Literary AgentLeonhardt & höierc/o Monica C. Gram [email protected]

International publishersGermany: PiperFrance: GallimardSweden: Svante Weyler FörlagDenmark: Batzer & Co.NL: Ambo AnthosWorld English rights:MacLehose PublishersSpain: SalamandraItaly: IperboreaPoland: W.A.B. PublishersNorway: Forlaget PressEthiopia: Fabula Arts PromotionCzech Republic: DybbukBulgaria: Janet45 Publishers


Literary AgentLeonhardt & höierc/o Monica C. Gram [email protected]

International publishersGermany: PiperFrance: GallimardSweden: Svante Weyler FörlagDenmark: Batzer & Co.NL: Ambo AnthosWorld English rights:MacLehose PublishersSpain: SalamandraItaly: IperboreaPoland: W.A.B. PublishersNorway: Forlaget PressEthiopia: Fabula Arts PromotionCzech Republic: DybbukBulgaria: Janet45 Publishers

HHHHH – Páll Baldivin, Fbl Newspaper

Awards

Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize

for Summer Behind the Slope in 2001.

Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize

for Of Tall Trees and Time in 2004.

Received The Icelandic Literary Prize

for Summer Light, Enter Night in 2005.

Nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize for Summer

Light, Enter Night in 2007.

P.O. Enquist Literary Prize, 2011.

Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in 2011.

Grinzane Bottari Lattes Prize in 2012.

Nominated for the Italian Premio G. Von Rezzori Prize in 2012.

Nominated for the Dutch European Prize in 2013.

“This book is like an oyster, under the rough surface is a radiant gem.” – Spiegel online, on Heaven and Hell

The Heart of Man(hjarta mannsins, 2011)

The Sorrow of Angels(harmur Englanna, 2009)

Heaven and Hell(himnaríki og helvíti, 2007)

Summer Light, Enter Night(Sumarljós, og svo kemur nóttin, 2005)

Received the Icelandic Literary Prize

Film Option for the trilogy: Cap horn Film/Spellbound Productions

ALL 3 ChOSEN “BOOK OF ThE YEAR” BY ThE ASSOCIATION OF BOOKSELLERS

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Bergsveinn BirgissonA Reply to a letter from helga - AVAILABLE in English, Danish, German, Norwegian. Soon in French.

A huge best-seller: 12.000 copies sold in Iceland.

Booksellers Prize 2010Nominated to the Icelandic Literary Award Nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize

HHHHH * 3– Five stars out of five from the critics of the 3 main newspapers in Iceland

Rights sold to:Steidl, GermanyZulma, FranceAmazon CrossingC&K, DenmarkRBA Libros, SpainPelikanen, NorwayUitgeverij Ad. Donker, holland

“Grippingly nice and thouroughly beautiful novel (...) Birgisson has a unique language, which is full of erotic tension, in a hushed wispering voice, with poeetic precision.”Weekendavisen - Danemark

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“Birgisson is a generous, universal writer, and this is a love story. It transcends time and place.” – Beth Kephart, Chicago Tribune

PRIZE WINNING AUThORS

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HHHHH“... a magical book ... “– Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson, Fréttatíminn, Newspaper

Oddný Eir ÆvarsdóttirPlan of Ruins – sample translation available in English

Seven weeks on thebest-seller list!

Women’s Literary Prize 2011

Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award 2011

One of 3 best books of 2011according to booksellers

HHHH“her writing is at once beautiful and enlightening, the style bold and peculiar.”– Þórunn Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir, FBL Newspaper http://bit.ly/VjhGzu

“A grand love story.”– Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson, Kiljan

PRIZE WINNING AUThORS

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Yrsa SigurðardóttirA civil engineer and a #1 bestselling author,Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s works have beentranslated into more than 30 languages.

Literary Agent:Salomonsson Agencyc/o Jessica [email protected]

VERÖLD CRIME VERÖLD CRIME

“Stands comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywherein the world.”– TLS

“Iceland‘s answer to Stieg Larsson.”– Daily Telegraph

“A chiller-thriller of immense scariness” – The Times on I Remember You

“Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is a generator of fear quite as adroit as such writers as Stephen King.”– Independent

“A sure winner.” – Dagsavisen, Norway, on The Swell

“An ice cold horror, people in an isolated environment and a dense, claustrophobic atmosphere. ... A solid crime novel.” – Adresseavisen, Norway, on The Swell

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International publishersLatvia: KontinentLithuania: MedodikaNorway: KaggePoland: MuzaPortugal: Quetzal EditoresRomania: Editura TreiRussia: ASTSerbia: Leo commerceSlovakia: ColumbusSlovenia: UcilaSpain: Up for grabsSweden: ModernistaTaiwan: China TimesThailand: MatichonTurkey: Koridor YayinlariUK: hodderUS: Macmillan / St. Martins Press– Thomas Dunne

VERÖLD CRIME

Brasil: Objetiva/SumaBulgaria: ProzoretzCzech Republic: MetaforaDenmark: Lindhardt & RinghofEgypt: Arabesque Publishing PressEstonia: VarrakEthiopia: Fabula Arts PromotionFinland: Up for grabsFrance: Anne CarrrèreGermany: Fischer VerlageGreece: Diigisiholland: house of Bookshungary: AnimusIsrael: Kinneret Zmora DvirItaly: Il SaggiatoreJapan: ShueishaKorea: Munhakdongne

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HHH½“It should be celebrated, that not only the two towers,Yrsa [Sigurdardottir] and Arnaldur [Indridason] knowthe art of writing a good crime story.”– Pressan.is

VERÖLD CRIME

Foreign salesGermany: Fischer Verlage

Literary Agent

Leonhardt & höierc/o Monica C. Gram [email protected]

Ragnar JónassonRagnar Jónasson’s four crime novels have allbecome bestsellers in Iceland. Now he’s takingEurope by storm – starting with Germany.

Ragnar is a lawyer in Reykjavík.

“Entertaining.”– Morgunbladid, on DARK NIGhT., 2011

“Ragnar Jonasson’s best book yet ... brilliantly plotted.”– Frettabladid, on DARK NIGhT, 2011

EROSION (2012)DARK NIGhT (2011)SNOWBLIND (2010)PAST TENSE (2009)

“A solid thriller with all the Scandinavianingredients – from human interaction to evil.” – SonntagsZeitung, on Snowblind

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“The plot is a successful chamber-play plot, transferred to a village. A classic who-dunnit where a whole theatre group is under suspicion. And in the end the culprit is someone you didn’t expect. What can you ask for more.” – Spiegel Online, on Snowblind

VERÖLD CRIME

“In a very short time the lawyer Ragnar Jónason has become one of the most interesting crime writers in Iceland; sufficiently down to earth, writes very good text and is full of fantastic ideas. If he continues this way there are no limits for how far this magnificent writer can go internationally.”– Pressan.is, on Erosion

“ThE BEST NOVELS OF ThE AUTUMN: 4. Snowblind. In keeping with this year’s book fair guest country, Iceland, dozens of commisioners are identified from the volcanic island. The most likeable: Policeman Ari, who must solve a series of crimes in Ragnar Jonasson’s crime novel.”– GALA Magazine

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Tomorrow is Another Day

Asa has been living in New York ever since she ran away from her violent and alcoholic father in her native Iceland.

Now, she‘s forced to face her troubled past; take on a jour-ney from a failed marriage to a deserted farm in a faraway country she fled all those years ago.

In the abandoned house, the ghosts of the past haunt her and they won‘t go away unless she‘s prepared to reconcile with her family, her youth and the life she has lead.

Unnur Birna Karlsdottir (1964) holds a Ph.D. in historyand is a prominent historian in Iceland. She was broughtup in the northern part of Iceland back in the sixties andis currently living in Reykjavik. She‘s published a numberof articles in history journals and magazines. Tomorrow is Another Day is her first novel. She is the director of the heritage Museum of East Iceland.

BJARTUR WOMEN’S COMMERCIAL FICTION

Unnur Birna KarlsdóttirA first novel – instant success

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“The subject is a tricky one: a difficult youth, repressed emotions and a settlement with one's past and present. Unnur Birna pulls this off well, and it is a sign of her strength as author how deftly and entertainingly she handles her material. It is gratifying to see such a well-conceived work from a new Icelandic author, and it would be a pleasure to read more by Unnur Birna in the future.”– Morgunblaðið, Newspaper

“A well-written story on a familiar theme. Mesmerizing prose and entertaining literary references make this an unusual and invigorating read.” – Fréttablaðið, Newspaper.

#1 SUMMER READING IN ICELAND 2012

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Eyrún Ingadóttir

A captivating story of a strong woman, midwife who stood up against the men in a small village as she wanted to be the author of her own life. Twice she found love, but only to loose it again. The authorities did everything to brake her but she never gave up and never seized to belive in what she felt was right.

Nominated for the Women’s Literary Prize

This wonderful women‘s commercial fiction is based on a the diaries of a midwife of a small village by the end of the 19th century.

A historian and an author of a children‘s book and biographies, The Midwife is Eyrún Ingadóttir‘s debut as a novelist.

VERÖLD – WOMEN’S COMMERCIAL FICTION

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“A moving novel. Intense story about dramatic destiny that I could not stop reading.”– RÚV, program 2

HHHH“A well written novel, entertaining but at the same time very illuminating. A story of live and death, sorrow and joy.” – Morgunblaðið

VERÖLD – WOMEN’S COMMERCIAL FICTION

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The magical world of Tulipop is home to Gloomy, Bubble, Skully, Spur – the fastest snail in the universe – and their friends.

They live in an adorable fantasy world created by celebrated Icelandic illustrator, Signý Kolbeinsdóttir, who was recently named as one of the world’s most exciting illustrators by Taschen. The Moon Singer is the first book based on the world of Tulipop, written by the prize winning author, Margrét Örnólfsdóttir..

TULIPOP

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Margrét ÖrnólfsdóttirFormer member of the Sugercubes, script-writer, mother of five, award-winning and best-selling author of four novels for young people (10+)

ld, chases, an unsupervised party –

HHHH“a really entertainingbook, both exciting and funny.”– Una Sighvatsdóttir, Morgunblaðið

Nominated for the West-Nordic Children’s Literature Prize.

Winner of the Women’s Literature Prize, 2011

One of the top 3 children’s books in 2011, according to booksellers.

HHHH“An entertaining teen novel of the highest order.”– Þórunn Hrefna, Fréttablaðið

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Þórdís GísladóttirAn award-winning poet, Þórdís Gísladóttir has written an amazing book for children (6-11 years old)

Booksellers Prize 2012.Women’s Literary Prize 2012.

Beautiful drawings by Þórarinn M. Baldursson

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Bjartur & VeröldReykjavík

La Vérité sur l’Affaire harry QuebertJoel DickerLit Agency Wandel Cruse

Apple Tree YardLouise DoughtyLennart Sane Agency AB

En man som heter OveFredrik BackmanBonnier Group Agency

The Rosie ProjectGraemi SimsionLeonardt & høier

Gone GirlGillian FlynnLennart Sane Agency

The housekeeper and theProfessorYoko OgawaAitken Alexander Associates

The People of Forever Are Not AfraidShani BoianjiuWylie Agency

InfernoDan Brownheide Lang / SJGA

Le confidenthelen GrémillonLit Agency Wandel Cruse

Tigers in Red WeatherLiza KlaussmannAndrew Nurnberg Associates

La liste de mes enviesGrégoire DelacourtLit Agency Wandel Cruse

Coffee and RobberyCatharine Ingelman-SundbergGrand Agency

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Bjartur & VeröldBrædraborgarstigur 9101 Reykjavik, Iceland

www.bjartur.iswww.verold.is

Bjartur Publishing was founded in 1990. The company’s original focus was on transla-tions of world literature, but its publication of contemporary Icelandic works has been steadily increasing.

Veröld Publishing was founded in 2005, publishing Icelandic fiction and non-fiction, translated fiction, biographies, illustrated books and children´s books.

hand-in-hand, Bjartur & Veröld is the second largest publishing house in Iceland, committed to publishing smart, interesting titles designed to enrich people’s lives.

Contact us:

Pétur Már Ólafsson, [email protected]

Gunnur Vilborg Guðjónsdóttir,office [email protected]

Guðrún Vilmundardóttir, publishing director, [email protected]

Bjarni Þorsteinsson, publishing director, Verö[email protected]

Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNaja Marie Aidt

Niccolò AmmanitiAlaa Al Aswany

Paul AusterDavid Benioff

Shani BoianjiuEmily Brontë

Dan BrownGeorgia ByngItalo Calvino

Raymond CarverPhilippe Claudel

J.M. CoetzeeGrégoire Delacourt

Joel DickerLouise Doughty

Jennifer EganDave Eggers

Gustave FlaubertGillian Flynn

Robert GoddardGunter Grass

hélene GrémillonRawi hage

Judith hermannBohumil hrabalKazuo Ishiguro

JanoschRachel JoyceJames Joyce

hitomi KaneharaDaniel KehlmannLiza Klaussmann

Ray Kluunhanif KureishiSelma LagerlöfJhumpa LahiriStieg Larsson

Jonathan LethemErlend Loe

Kristian LundbergJavier MaríasYann Martel

Grace McCleenIan McEwan

Magnus Millshoracio Castellanos Moya

haruki MurakamiPablo Neruda

David NichollsAmelié Nothomb

Yoko OgawaPer Petterson

DBC PierreMarcel Proust

Philip RothJ.K. Rowling

Erik-Emmanuel SchmittDai Sijie

Graemi SimsionWalt Whitman

William Carlos Williams

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Foreign Rights - spring 2013