 In 2008, Eiríkur Örn received the Icelandic Translators Award for his translation of Jonathan Lethem's tourettic novel, "Motherless Brooklyn".His poetry-animation "Höpöhöpö Böks" received an Honorable Mention in 2010 at the Zebra Poetry Film Festival Berlin.Eiríkur Örn won the 2012 Icelandic Literary Prize in the category of fiction and poetry and the 2012 Book Merchants' Prize for his novel "Illska" (lit.