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Lytton Smith

Contributor

Lytton Smith

Lytton Smith is a poet, professor, and translator from the Icelandic. His most recent translations include works by Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Jón Gnarr, Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Bragi Ólafsson, and Guðbergur Bergsson. His most recent poetry collection, The All-Purpose Magical Tent, was published by Nightboat. Having earned his MFA and PhD from Columbia University, he currently teaches at SUNY Geneseo.

Articles by Lytton Smith

Farewell to the White Giants
By Andri Snær Magnason
Chaos is not confined to the glacier’s edge.
Translated from Icelandic by Lytton Smith
First Read—From “History. A Mess.”
By Sigrún Pálsdóttir
In Sigrún Pálsdóttir’s History. A Mess., translated by Lytton Smith and forthcoming from Open Letter Books, a PhD student uncovers information about the first documented professional…
Translated by Lytton Smith
The Sound Words Have
By Þórarinn Eldjárn
Once there was a town where no two people spoke the same language.
Translated from Icelandic by Lytton Smith
Multilingual
The Chamber Music
By Bragi Ólafsson
I'll possibly throw myself onto the pyre.
Translated from Icelandic by Lytton Smith
Multilingual