Authors
Jón Hallur Stefánsson
About the author
Jón Hallur Stefánsson is a master of many trades: a skilled songwriter, excellent poet, one of Iceland's leading radio broadcasters; and in recent years he has earned a reputation as a sound designer for the theatre.
Publisher Bjartur and Jón Hallur have a long and varied relationship, which started with Jón Hallur's translation of a collection of short stories, Endilöng nóttin by Julio Cortázar.
Ever since, Jón Hallur has been translating for the publisher, sometimes with more than one project in progress at once. Bjartur has now published the first novel written by this outstanding translator, a crime story Krosstré, which has instantly placed its author among Iceland's leading crime writers.
Further readings
Fiction
Vargurinn, 2008: Bjartur
Germany, Brandstifter: Ullstein Buchverlag
Denmark: Gyldendal
Krosstré (The Bough that Breaks), 2005: Bjartur
Denmark 2008: Gyldendal
France 2008: Gaïa Editions
Germany: Ullstein Buchverlage
Holland: De Geus
Norway 2007: J.W. Cappelen
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