One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is.
I have to face questions like, "Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? 'Do I consciously … - Sjon
I have to face questions like, "Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? 'Do I consciously …
- Sjon
All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future. - Sjon
All authors secretly hope that their works will be read in 100 years' time and 200 years, and that they will somehow survive into the future.
Literature acknowledges that life is complicated. - Sjon
Literature acknowledges that life is complicated.
Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together. - Sjon
Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together.
Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are comi… - Sjon
Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are comi…
A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like "How do we receive pe… - Sjon
A great number of tourists have been flocking Iceland and those numbers are growing every year. That also raises questions like "How do we receive pe…
The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each other. I was 19, she was 16 and… - Sjon
The option is always on the table. When we [with Bjork] were starting as creative kids in the Eighties, we found each other. I was 19, she was 16 and…
What literature brings to our times is always the fact that literature refuses to bring any simple or easy answers. - Sjon
What literature brings to our times is always the fact that literature refuses to bring any simple or easy answers.
[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize. - Sjon
[Bob Dylan] is a worthy laureate for the Nobel Prize.
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