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Áslaug Jónsdóttir
Áslaug Jónsdóttir (born 31 March 1963) is an Icelandic writer of children's books, illustrator and playwright. Early life and education She grew up near Borgarfjörður in west Iceland and then attended Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in Reykjavik. She then studied in Copenhagen, Denmark at Skolen for Brugskunst (later the School of Design of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). Career She published her first children's picture book in 1990. Her recent work includes collaboration with two other authors Swedish Kalle Guettler and Faroese Rakel Heimisdal on a series of six "Monsters" books published in Icelandic, Swedish and Faroese, starting with ''Nei! sagði litla skrímslið'' (''No! Said Little Monster'') in 2004. In 2002 she and Andri Snær Magnason collaborated on ''Sagan af bláa hnettinum'' which won the West-Nordic Children's Literature Prize. It has since been translated and published in English (''The Story of the Blue Planet'', 2013, Pushkin: ), Danish, Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Áslaug Jónsdóttir Göteborg Book Fair 2015
Aslaug ( non, Áslaug ), also called Aslög, Kráka (O.N.: ) or Kraba, is a figure in Norse mythology who appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and in the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok as one of his wives. Aslaug in legend According to the 13th-century ''Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok'', Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhildr, but was raised by Brynhildr's foster father Heimer. At the deaths of Sigurd and Brynhildr, Heimer was concerned about Aslaug's security, so he made a harp large enough to hide the girl. He then traveled as a poor harp player carrying the harp containing the girl. They arrived at Spangereid at Lindesnes in Norway, where they stayed for the night in the house of the peasants Áke and Grima. Áke believed the harp contained valuable items and told his wife Grima. Grima then persuaded him to murder Heimer as he was sleeping. However, when they broke the harp open, they discovered a little girl, whom they raised as their own, call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
