Þorsteinn frá Hamri (15 Mar 1938 – ) 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

Since his first book of poems released in the 1950s, Þorsteinn frá Hamri had published seventeen volumes of poetry and six of prose fiction by 2000.

Novels, short stories and sagnaþættir (chronicles)

• 1963 – Skuldaskil (The Reckoning)
• 1969 – Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógadraumur (The Story of Himinbjörg or a Forest Dream) – nominated for 1972 Nordic Council Literature Prize
• Haust í Skírisskógi (Autumn in Sherwood Forest)
• Hallgrímur smali og húsfreyjan á bjargi, (Hallgrímur the sheaphearder and the houskeeper at Bjarg)
• 1987 – Ætternisstapi og átján vermenn (The ancestral home and eighteen sailors)
• 1989 – Vatns götur og blóðs (Streets of Water and Blood) – nominated for 1992 Nordic Council Literature Prize

Poetry

• 1958 – Í svörtum kufli (In a black cassock)
• 1960 – Tannfé handa nýjum heimi (Tooth fee for a New World)
• 1962 – Lifandi manna land (Land of living men)
• 1964 – Langnætti á Kaldadal (A long night in Kaldidalur (cold valley))
• 1972 – Veðrahjálmur (Weather helmet)
• 1977 – Fiðrið úr sæng daladrottningar (The feathers from the valley queen's duvet) – nominated for 1979 Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1982 – Spjótalög á spegil (Spearthrusted mirror) – nominated for 1984 Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1992 – Sæfarinn sofandi (The sleeping sailor)
• Það talar í trjánum (Speaking in the trees)
• Vetrarmyndin (Winter image)
• 1999 – Medan pu vaktir

Prizes and awards

• 1972 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1979 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1981 – Children's book literary award for translation, Reykjavik
• 1984 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1991 – Thorbergur Thordarson Literary Prize
• 1992 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
• 1992 – Icelandic Literary Prize
  Icelandic Literary Prize
  The Icelandic Literary Prize , or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to two books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's centennial in 1989. One award is for fiction or poetry and the other for academic and non-fiction works...
  
  

External links

• The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
• http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=582&author_id=94&lang=8Biography of Þorsteinn frá Hamri at Reykjavik
  Reykjavík
  Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
  
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• An image of the writer and example of his work (In Icelandic)

See also

• Icelandic literature
  Icelandic literature
  Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic works constitute most of Old Norse literature, Old Norse...