SOLD OUT - Conversation with Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Join us for a special evening with Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson at the Librairie Gallimard in Montreal. Known for his poignant tales of solitude and nature, the author will discuss his work and creative process. The conversation will be hosted by Marie-Andrée Lamontagne, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Icelandic author, born in Reykjavik in 1963. Over the last few years Jón Kalman Stefánsson has created a unique and enchanting fictional world in his fifteen novels and two poetry collections.

Four of these works have been nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Prize. In 2005 Jón Kalman received the Icelandic Literature Prize for Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night, an unusual novel made up of a collection of stories and connected fragments. Stefánsson made his international wide breakthrough with the Trilogy about the Boy: Heaven and Hell, The Sorrow of Angels and The Heart of Man, for which he gained international recognition and numerous prizes. Fish Have No Feet, the first book in his following duology, was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and received numerous international awards. The Story of Ásta (2017) became an instant bestseller in Iceland upon publication. His novel Your Absence is Darkness published in 2020 and was awarded Le Prix du livre étranger 2022 France Inter/Le Point. His latest novel My Yellow Submarine came out in 2022 and is already sold to 11 territories.

In collaboration with Madrigall Canada With the support of the Icelandic Literature Center.