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Larissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic-English literary translator. Her translation work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the European Union Prize for Literature, Fulbright, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, the Icelandic Literature Center, Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature, & Finland’s Kone Foundation. She is a member of the Translators Organizing Committee, on the board of the American Literary Translators Association, and runs the Women+ in Translation reading series Jill! ...more

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	The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 4,484 ratings — published 2020 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mark by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator), Peta Cornish (Narrator) 3.63 avg rating — 3,432 ratings — published 2021 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 952 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screenshot by Bergur Ebbi, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 410 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father's Library: Requiem by Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Reykjavik by Becca Parkinson (Editor), Vera Juliusdottir (Editor), Sjón (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ninth Step by Ingvi Þór Kormáksson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 2.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	22 Places You Absolutely Must See In The Faroe Islands by Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author), Páll Stefánsson (Photographer) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iceland Defense Force by Bragi Þór Jósefsson (Photographer), Guðmundur S. Brynjólfsson (Introduction), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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