gnarr

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In this deft translation by Lytton Smith — translator of the work of Icelandic literary heavyweights like Jón Gnarr, Kristín Ómarsdóttir and Guðbergur Bergsson — Ólafsson’s voice shines through.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018

You find it in Jón Gnarr, the stand-up comedian who was elected mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland’s largest city.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2016

Her comedian friend, Jón Gnarr, who began a political party for a joke, got elected and now, as the Mayor of Reykjavík, has 14 hours of meetings a day.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2014

“The Best Party was the first anarcho-surrealist party in the world,” Mr. Gnarr began.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2011

So Mr. Gnarr went to Occupy Wall Street instead, dressing for the occasion in a black suit jacket and an orange-haired orangutan mask.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2011