Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl Biography
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl was born in Reykjavík on July 1st 1978. He finished his secondary education in Ísafjörður in the Westfjords in Iceland in 1999 and later studied German in Berlin in 2003.
As well as being a writer, Eiríkur has done a number of jobs through the years, taught at grade school, done painting jobs at a ship yard, been a night guard at a hotel, worked at homes for handicapped people, been a caregiver at old people's homes, a cleaner at a cruise ship and a chef at a day care center, to name some.
Much to everyone's surprise
the haiku stormed the fields
as mad as a hatter,
wielding a sharp blade
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IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF! IMF!
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Exists a drawing of a starving child
make copies of rib-cages
night-salted gullet-rice
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Lose wings lose flight lose funds lose house lose car lose telly lose
computer lose wife lose husband lose children lose friends lose work
lose trust lose credit lose face lose reason lose sex-drive lose water lose
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