Guðbergur Bergsson is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic writer born in Grindavík

Grindavík

Grindavík is a fishing town at the peninsula of Reykjanes at the south-western coast of Iceland.It is one of the few cities with a harbour at this coast. Most of the 2,800 inhabitants work in the fishing industry...

 on 16 October 1932. He went to the University of Iceland

University of Iceland

The University of Iceland is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern comprehensive university, providing instruction for about...

 for his Teaching degree and then went for further study in literature at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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. He is one of the leading translators of Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 works in Iceland.

His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize

Icelandic Literary Prize

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 twice.

Works

• Músin sem læðist, 1961
• Tómas Jónsson, metsölubók, 1966
• Ástir samlyndra hjóna, 1967
• Anna, 1968
• Það sefur í djúpinu, 1973
• Hermann og Dídí, 1974
• Það rís úr djúpinu, 1976
• Saga af manni sem fékk flugu í höfuðið, 1979
• Sagan af Ara Fróðasyni og Hugborgu konu hans, 1980
• Hjartað býr enn í helli sínum, 1982
• Leitin að landinu fagra, 1985
• Froskmaðurinn, 1985
• Svanurinn
  The Swan (novel)
  The Swan is a novel written by the Icelandic writer, Guðbergur Bergsson in 1991.-Plot introduction:The story is about a nine-year-old girl sent to a country farm in Iceland to serve her probation for shoplifting...
  
  , 1991 (published in English as The Swan
  The Swan (novel)
  The Swan is a novel written by the Icelandic writer, Guðbergur Bergsson in 1991.-Plot introduction:The story is about a nine-year-old girl sent to a country farm in Iceland to serve her probation for shoplifting...
  
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• Sú kvalda ást sem hugarfylgsnin geyma, 1993
• Ævinlega, 1994
• Lömuðu kennslukonurnar, 2004
• Leitin að barninu í gjánni - Barnasaga ekki ætluð börnum", 2008