Background
Born in Reykjavík, Eiríkur Örn grew up in Ísafjörður.
Born in Reykjavík, Eiríkur Örn grew up in Ísafjörður.
Foreign a long time most noted as an experimental poet, he has recently also come to prominence as one of Iceland"s foremost prose writers. By Eiríkur"s account he committed to a career as a writer around 2000, though he has necessarily often found an income through a wide range of other jobs, experiencing some periods of considerable hardship. He lived in Berlin from around 2002-2004, and over the next ten years in various northern European countries, most prominently in Helsinki (c 2006-2009) and Oulu (c 2009-2011).
He was a prominent contributor to The Reykjavík Grapevine in 2009-2011.
, a collection of poems translated into German by Jón Bjarni Atlason and Alexander Sitzmann.