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- Birgir SigurðssonBirgir SigurðssonBirgir Sigurðsson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on August 28, 1937. He was a journalist and then an elementary teacher in Iceland in the 1960s, but then moved to Amsterdam to study singing. While there he quit singing, but became a poet and returned to Iceland as such. He continued to...
- Bjarni BjarnasonBjarni BjarnasonBjarni Bjarnason is an Icelandic writer born November 9, 1965 in Reykjavík. He started writing poetry in his teens and by twenty had a play. He has received the Tómas Guðmundsson Award, Halldór Laxness Literature Award, and in 1996 was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. In year 2001 his...
- Björn Th. BjörnssonBjörn Th. BjörnssonBjörn Theodor Björnsson was an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík. He attended the University of London, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Copenhagen. He was President of the Icelandic writers union for a time. He was married to an artist, Ásgerður Búadóttir, and has written several...
- Böðvar GuðmundssonBöðvar GuðmundssonBöðvar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic writer born January 9, 1939. He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books. He is said to be best known for the novels Híbýli vindanna and Lífsins tré He has done numerous translations of writers such as Roald Dahl and Heinrich Böll...
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- Einar Hjörleifsson KvaranEinar Hjörleifsson KvaranEinar Hjörleifsson Kvaran was an Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist....
- Einar KárasonEinar KárasonEinar Kárason is an Icelandic writer. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980. In 1981 he published his first novel. He is best known for Devil's Island, which was translated into English...
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- Elín Ebba GunnarsdóttirElín Ebba GunnarsdóttirElín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic writer born in 1953. She is noted for her short fiction.-External links:*...
- Elísabet JökulsdóttirElísabet JökulsdóttirElísabet Jökulsdóttir is a writer born in Reykjavík on April 16, 1958. She lived in Greece for a year in her youth and had a variety of jobs before writing. Her first book of poems came out in 1989. She has done short stories, novels, and plays since then. She is perhaps best known for poetry,...
- Eyvindur P. EiríkssonEyvindur P. EiríkssonEyvindur P. Eiríksson is an Icelandic writer born in Hnífsdalur in 1935. He received his B.A. from the University of Iceland in 1964. He received another degree in grammar in 1977. For many years his main profession was teaching, but writing became his main occupation around 1987.His first book of...
- Magnús EiríkssonMagnús EiríkssonMagnús Eiríksson was an Icelandic theologian and a contemporary critic of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard and Hans Lassen Martensen in Copenhagen....
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- Gerður KristnýGerður KristnýGerður Kristný Guðjónsdóttir is an Icelandic writer born in 1970. She received her degree in French literature, and comparative literature, in 1992 from the University of Iceland. She has done poetry, TV work, children's literature, and is an editor. Her works have appeared in elementary school...
- Guðbergur BergssonGuðbergur BergssonGuðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He went to the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then went for further study in literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland.His first book...
- Guðmundur Andri ThorssonGuðmundur Andri ThorssonGuðmundur Andri Thorsson is an editor, critic, and author born in Iceland on December 31, 1957. He received his degree in literature in 1983 from the University of Iceland. His first work was as a literary critic in the 1980s....
- Guðrún Eva MínervudóttirGuðrún Eva MinervudóttirGuðrún Eva Mínervudóttir is an Icelandic writer born on March 17, 1976. She studied philosophy at the University of Iceland. Her first novel and collection came out in 1998 to acclaim. She has written five novels since then. In 2000 her novel Fyrirlestur um hamingjuna was nominated for the...
- Guðrún HelgadóttirGuðrún HelgadóttirGuðrún Helgadóttir is a prominent writer of children's literature in Iceland. She was born in Hafnarfjörður on September 7, 1935. Her first book, Jón Oddur og Jón Bjarni, appeared in 1974 when she worked at the National Health and Insurance Office. It concerned scheming twins and several more...
- Gunnar GunnarssonGunnar GunnarssonGunnar Gunnarsson was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in considerable poverty, on Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur valley and on Ljótsstaðir in Vopnafjörður...
- Gyrðir ElíassonGyrðir ElíassonGyrðir Elíasson is a leading author in Iceland. He was born in Reykjavík Iceland on the 4th of april in 1961, but was raised in Sauðarkrókur, a small town in the northern part of the country. He has written ten volumes of poetry and five books of prose. His style is called "highly personal" among...
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- Halldór LaxnessHalldór LaxnessHalldór Kiljan Laxness was a twentieth-century Icelandic writer. Throughout his career Laxness wrote poetry, newspaper articles, plays, travelogues, short stories, and novels...
- Hallgrímur HelgasonHallgrímur HelgasonHallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist.-Biography:Hallgrímur studied at the Art Academy of Iceland, and then the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich....
- Hallgrímur PéturssonHallgrímur PéturssonHallgrímur Pétursson was one of Iceland's most famous poets and a minister at Hvalneskirkja and Saurbær in Hvalfjörður. The Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík and the Hallgrímskirkja in Saurbær are named after him. He was one of the most influential pastors during the Age of Orthodoxy...
- Hermann StefánssonHermann StefánssonHermann Stefánson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on December 25, 1968. His novel Oblivion has been called a landmark in Icelandic literature.-Links:* http://www.sagenhaftes-island.is/en/book-of-the-month/nr/615...
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- Jónas HallgrímssonJónas HallgrímssonJónas Hallgrímsson was an Icelandic poet, author and naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic journal Fjölnir, which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835...
- Jónas KristjánssonJónas KristjánssonJónas Kristjánsson is an Icelandic scholar and novelist. He is a former longtime director of the Árni Magnússon Institute, from which he retired upon reaching the age limit on the position in 1994. He is best known for his works on Icelandic sagas, laying emphasis on their literary nature and...
- Jón Kalman StefánssonJón Kalman StefánssonJón Kalman Stefánsson is an Icelandic author.-Biography:Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs after having finished high school.From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the...
- Jón SveinssonJón SveinssonJón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus....
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- SjónSjónSigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson , known as Sjón , is an internationally known Icelandic author and poet. His pen name is formed from his given name , and means 'Sight'....
- Snorri SturlusonSnorri SturlusonSnorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing...
- Stefán Hörður GrímssonStefán Hörður GrímssonStefán Hörður Grímsson was an Icelandic modernist, one of the so-called Atom Poets. His first book of poetry came out in 1946, but he gained attention for his second book of poems in 1951; he published a third book of poetry in 1970.-External links:*...
- Steinar BragiSteinar BragiSteinar Bragi is an Icelandic writer born August 15, 1975. At the age of 23 he published his first book of poetry, Svarthol, and his first novel, Turninn, was published in 2000. He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Iceland...
- Steinunn SigurðardóttirSteinunn SigurðardóttirSteinunn Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic author.She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for radio and television. She has lived in different places in Europe, the United States and...
- Svava JakobsdóttirSvava JakobsdóttirSvava Jakobsdóttir was one of Iceland's foremost 20th Century authors and feminist politicians. As a writer her work was characterized by "unique brand of surreal feminism." Her father Jakob Jónsson was a Lutheran minister...
- Sveinbjörn EgilssonSveinbjörn EgilssonSveinbjörn Egilsson was an Icelandic theologian, classicist, teacher, translator and poet. He is best known for the work he did during his time as the rector of The Learned School of Reykjavík , particularly his translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into Icelandic.-Life:Sveinbjörn was born in...
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- Þórarinn EldjárnÞórarinn EldjárnÞórarinn Eldjárn is an Icelandic writer born on 22 August 1949. He studied at the University of Lund and the University of Iceland. He has written numerous poems, stories, and novels. He has also translated numerous books into Icelandic, including Alice in Wonderland. In addition, he has produced...
- Þórbergur ÞórðarsonÞórbergur ÞórðarsonÞórbergur Þórðarson was an Icelandic socialist author and Esperantist...
- Þorsteinn frá HamriÞorsteinn frá HamriÞorsteinn frá Hamri , is an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.-Writings:...
- þorsteinn JonssonÞorsteinn frá HamriÞorsteinn frá Hamri , is an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.-Writings:...