Nýhil


Nýhil was an Icelandic avante-garde small press and association of young writers, founded around 2002-2004 by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Haukur Már Helgason, followed shortly by Grímur Hákonarson, and ceasing operation around 2011.

History

The group's 'most active years were between 2004 and 2009'. The group was noted for its social criticism and international outlook, publishing over 50 volumes, and bringing over 40 writers from abroad to its poetry festivals. For a period beginning in spring 2006 the group ran a poetry bookshop in the premises of Bad Taste Records on Laugavegur. The group has also been identified as one of the sources of left-wing critical thinking that underpinned Iceland's 2009 'Pots and pans revolution'.
The group also ran an international poetry festival, whose seventh iteration took place in the Norræna húsið in autumn 2010.
The collective drew to a close as its main members emerged into the Icelandic literary mainstream. Prominent Icelandic authors who have published extensively with Nýhil include Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Óttar M. Norðfjörð. However, its members were linked with a series of 'radical summerschools' which began in 2009, and the summerschools have continued.

Publications

Here follows a complete list of publications named as being by Nýhil in the Icelandic national library catalogue Gegnir.

Novels

In 2006, Nýhil made a deal with Landsbankinn that the bank would pay for 130 copies of the nine books in the Nýhil series Norrænar bókmenntir to be distributed to libraries throughout Iceland. They were:
AuthorTitleYear
Eiríkur Örn NorðdahlBlandarabrandarar 2005
Haukur Már HelgasonRispa jeppa2005
Kristín EiríksdóttirHúðlit auðnin2006
Ófeigur SigurðssonRoði2006
Óttar M. NorðfjörðGleði & glötun2005
Tinna TimianLitli kall strikes again2006
Valur Brynjar AntonssonEðalog: drög að vísindaljóðlist 21. aldar2006
Þórdís BjörnsdóttirOg svo kom nóttin2006
Örvar Þóreyjarson SmárasonGamall þrjótur, nýir tímar2005

Other poetry and experimental writing