Nýhil

Nýhil was an Icelandic avant-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.[1]

Nýhil
Founded2002
FounderEiríkur Örn Norðdahl,
Country of originIceland
Headquarters locationReykjavík
Publication typesExperimental literature

History

The group's 'most active years were between 2004 and 2009'.[2] 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.[3] For a period beginning in spring 2006 the group ran a poetry bookshop in the premises of Bad Taste Records on Laugavegur.[4] 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'.[5]

The group also ran an international poetry festival, whose seventh iteration took place in the Norræna húsið in autumn 2010.[6]

The collective drew to a close as its main members emerged into the Icelandic literary mainstream.[7] 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 (Nýhil published the summerschool's first proceedings in that year as Af marxisma), 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
  • Örvitinn eða hugsjónamaðurinn. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð (text); Inga Birgisdóttir teiknaði (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Konur. Steinar Bragi. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Eitur fyrir byrjendur. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006

Essays/non-fiction/biography
  • Íslensk menningarpólitík. Bjarki Valtýsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2011
  • Arkitektinn með alpahúfuna: ævisaga Sverris Norðfjörð. Óttar M. Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Af marxisma. ed. by Magnús Þór Snæbjörnsson and Viðar Þorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Íslam með afslætti. ed. by Auður Jónsdóttir & Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Gissurson: hver er orginal?. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Hólmsteinn: holaðu mig, dropi, holaðu mig: 2. bindi í ævisögu Hannesar Hólmsteins Gissurarsonar. Óttar M. Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Hannes: nóttin er blá, mamma. Óttar Martin Norðfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Af ljóðum. Ed. by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005

Norrænar bókmenntir

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.[8] They were:

AuthorTitleYear
Eiríkur Örn NorðdahlBlandarabrandarar (die Mixerwitze)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
  • Gengismunur: ljóð úr skýrslu rannsóknarnefndar alþingis. Jón Örn Loðmfjörð. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Gjá. Haukur Már Helgason, ed. by Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Grimm ævintýri. Ásgeir H. Ingólfsson (text); Gunnlaugur Starri Gylfason (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Endalok: úrval ljóða. Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2010
  • Sjálf kvíslast ég. Hildur Lilliendahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Af steypu. ed. by Eiríkur Örn Norðdal and Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • FALN 2009: 5ta alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhil 2009 = Nýhíl international poetry festival V 2009 NIPF. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Ég hata alla!: ... da ra ra raaa. Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Högg á vatni. Hermann Stefánsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Sori: manifestó. Valerie Solanas, trans. by Dr. Usli. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Úr skilvindu drauma. Arngrímur Vídalín. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Það sem mér finnst helst að heiminum.... Ingólfur Gíslason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Usli: kennslubók. Dr. Usli. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2009
  • Með villidýrum. Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Fréttir frá mínu landi: óspakmæli og örsögur. Ármann Jakobsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Tvítólaveizlan. Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavik: Nýhil, 2008
  • Gáttir: þýðingarit 4ðu alþjóðlegu ljóðahátíðar Nýhils = Gateways: translation of the 4th intl. Nýhil poetry festival: Reykjavík 22.-24. ágúst 2008. ritstjóri = editor Kári Páll Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Síðasta ljóðabók Sjóns. Celidonius. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • Þess á milli. Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2008
  • 3ja alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhils: Reykjavík 12.-14. október 2007: Þjóðleikhúskjallaranum og Norræna húsinu. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Þjónn, það er Fönix í öskubakkanum mínum!: ljóðasafn. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Biblía gáfaða fólksins. Gils N. Eggerz. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Sekúndu nær dauðanum: vá, tíminn líður!. Ingólfur Gíslason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Handsprengja í morgunsárið: baráttukvæði. Ingólfur Gíslason & Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2007
  • Fenrisúlfur. Bjarni Klemenz. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Barkakýli úr tré: ljóðabók. Þorsteinn Guðmundsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Storie S: schemes. Th,. J.B. (texts); Th., J.B. (translation); J.B. (pictures). Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Svavar Pétur & 20. öldin. Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • AÁBCDÐEÉFG .... Aórtt M. Ððfjnorrö. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2006
  • Úfin, strokin. Örvar der Alte. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Ást æða varps. Ófeigur Sigurðsson and others, ed. by Haukur Már Helgason & Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Sirkus. Óttar Martin. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2005
  • Ofurmennisþrá: milli punkts og stjarna. Valur Brynjar Antonsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Grillveður í október. Óttarr m. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Af okkur. ed. by Viðar Þorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2004
  • Á íslensku má alltaf finna Ginsberg [audiobook]. Allen Ginsberg, trans. and read by Eiríkur Örn Norddahl, with music by Gísli Magnússon. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Handlöngun. Ófeigur Sigurðsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Spegilmynd Púpunnar: greatests shits. Hallvarður Ásgeirsson. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • 2004. Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Af stríði. ed. by Haukur Már Helgason. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Nihil obstat. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2003
  • Heimsendapestir. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl. Reykjavík: Nýhil, 2002

Further reading
  • Hjalti Snær Ægisson. “Um ljóðabækur ungskálda frá árinu 2004. Nokkrar glæfralegar athugasemdir,” Són (2005): 141–59.
  • Viðar Þorsteinsson. “Nýhil, eða vandi hins nýja,” Skírnir (spring 2006): 207–11.
  • Hermann Stefánsson. “Eitthvað nýtt!” Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (9 June 2007): 10.
  • Benedikt Hjartarson. “Af þrálátum dauða og upprisum framúrstefnunnar: Ótímabærar hugleiðingar um hefðarvitund og nýsköpun,” Són: Tímarit um óðfræði 8 (2010): 173–207.
  • Bjarni Bjarnason. Boðskort í þjóðarveislu. N.p.: Uppheimar, 2009. pp. 172-95.

References
  1. For the date of 2004, see Amanda De Marco, 'The Artists Formerly Known as Nýhil', Three Percent: A Resource for International Literature at the University of Rochester 12 October 2011, http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3659. For 2002, see Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 'Nýhil and Tíu þúsund tregawött', 23.05.07, http://nypoesi.net/?id=tekst&no=37.
  2. Rebecca Scott Lord, 'Future Perfect: Poetry as gateway to mainstream literary success?', The Reykjavík Grapevine (November 14, 2014), http://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2014/11/14/future-perfect/.
  3. Amanda De Marco, 'The Artists Formerly Known as Nýhil', Three Percent: A Resource for International Literature at the University of Rochester 12 October 2011, http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3659.
  4. 'Nýhil opnar ljóðabókabúð', http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1083389/, Morgunblaðið, 20 May 2006.
  5. Árni Daníel Júlíusson and Magnús Sveinn Helgason, 'The Roots of the Saucepan Revolution in Iceland', in Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest, ed. by Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Laurence Cox, Routledge Advances in Sociology, 103 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013), pp. 189-203 (p. 199).
  6. Sjötta alþjóðlega ljóðahátíð Nýhils, http://www.nordice.is/vidburdir/fyrirlestrar/vidburdir/nr/660 (viewed 15 July 2013).
  7. Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson, 'Youth Groups In Icelandic Literature, A Brief History Of: From Fjölnir to Medúsa to Nýhil to Meðgönguljóð...', The Reykjavík Grapevine (November 14, 2014), http://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2014/11/14/youth-groups-in-icelandic-literature-a-brief-history-of/.
  8. Bókhneigður banki, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1069444/, Morgunblaðið, 3 March 2006.
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