SÖLVI BJÖRN SIGURĐSSON (b. 1978) received the Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction for his latest novel, Saltwater: Apocrypha from the Life of the Physician General (Selta: apókrýfa úr ævi landlæknis, 2019). A translator of classical poetry, he has been distinguished for his translation of Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell. He has written three novels and a long-form poem. Saltwater: Apocrypha from the Life of the Physician General is his fourth novel.