Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Linda.
Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir
Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir in Sweden 2019.
Born (1958-06-01) 1 June 1958 (age 66)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, playwright

Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 1 June 1958) is an Icelandic writer, poet, and playwright.[1]

Career

She was born in Reykjavík, grew up there and still lives there. She works as a nurse part-time. Her poetry began appearing in newspapers in 1982. In 1990 she published her first book of poetry Bláþráður ("Hanging by a thread"). Two of her plays have been performed in Reykjavík.[2] In 2003, she published her first book of prose Lygasaga ("A Story of Lies").[3]

In 1993, Linda received the literary prize awarded by the DV daily newspaper[2] for her poetry collection Klakabörnin ("Ice Children"). Her collection of poetry Frelsi ("Freedom") received the DV literary prize in 2015;[3] it was nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Literature Prize.[4]

Collections containing her works translated to English

  • Poems from The 30th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
  • Poems in Brushstrokes of Blue: The Young Poets of Iceland
  • Mona Lisa

"Öll fallegu orðin / Alle schönen Worte. Frostfiðrildin / Frostschmetterlinge: Ljóð / GedichteBernd Koberling (Illustrator), Tina Flecken (Übersetzer), Buchkunst Kleinheinrich, D-Münster; (1. Auflage 1. Oktober 2011) ISBN 978-3930754656

References

  1. ^ "Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir" (in Icelandic). Forlagid Rights Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ a b Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 337. ISBN 0415159806.
  3. ^ a b "Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir". Rejkjavik UNESCO City of Literature.
  4. ^ "Nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2017". Icelandic Literature Center. February 23, 2017.


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