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Larissa Kyzer

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Larissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic to English literary translator. Her translation of Kristín Eiríksdóttir’s A Fist or a Heart (AmazonCrossing) won the American Scandinavian Foundation’s 2019 translation prize. The same year, she was one of Princeton’s Translators in Residence. She has translated poetry, short stories, kid lit, theatrical works, nonfiction, and novels and, in 2021, guest-edited “On the Periphery,” a spotlight on new Icelandic writing for Words Without Borders. Her translation of Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir’s The Fires is forthcoming in February 2023. Larissa is a former co-chair of PEN America’s Translation Committee and runs the virtual Women+ in Translation reading series Jill! ...more

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Carolyn A big thank you, Larissa, for recommending McSweeney's Magazine #15. It arrived last week from Malmo, not New Jersey as I'd imagined. The writing was generally good - I am a bit of a short story fan. But Fridrick and the Eedjit, by Sjon, was as brilliant a short story as I have ever read. It was so poetic and rich in humanity. I have a copy of The Mouth of the Whale that I will read when I've finish Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness.
So thanks again, Larissa!


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