Arndís Þórarinsdóttir (born 1982) is an Icelandic children's author.

Biography

Arndís studied at

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (MR; official name in English: Reykjavik College) is collegein Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík. The school traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt, and it remains one of the oldest ...

, and took a BA in literature at the

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 co ...

, and an MA in creative writing at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by ...

. She took a further MA in creative writing at the University of Iceland in 2018, with a thesis entitled ''Vetur fram á vor: Skáldsaga fyrir börn'' ("From Winter to Spring: A Novel for Children"). She is the head of the ancient and popular culture departments of the ''Bókasafn Kópavogs'' (

Kópavogur Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. ...

Public Library). She had joined the board of IBBY Iceland by 2008, and was its president around 2011. In 2019, her novel ''Nærbuxnanjósnararnir'' was nominated for the

Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cen ...

in the children's and young people's section, and in 2020 her ''Blokkin á heimsenda'', co-written with Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, won the ''Barnabókaverðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur'' (Guðrún Helgadóttir Children's Book Award). Arndís's 2022 novel ''Kollhnís'' was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize.

Works

Writing

In addition to short stories for children and adults, Arndís has published: * '' Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2011) * ''Lyginni líkast'' (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2013) * ''Sitthvað á sveimi: lestrarbók'' (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2014) * ''Gleraugun hans Góa'' (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2015) * '' Nærbuxnaverksmiðjan'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2018), * ''Nærbuxnanjósnararnir'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2019) * and Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, ''Blokkin á heimsenda'' (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2020) * ''Bál tímans: Örlagasaga Möðruvallabókar í sjö hundruð ár'' (''The Inferno of Time: The Adventures of a Vellum Manuscript over 700 Years'') (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2021). Illustrated by Sigmundur Breiðfjörð Þorgeirsson. * ''Kollhnís'' (''Somersault'') (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2022)

Translating

* ''Bjólfskviða: Forynjurnar og fræðimennirnir'' ranslation of J. R. R. Tolkien 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'">Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics">ranslation of J. R. R. Tolkien 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'(Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, 2013) * Rosie Banks's Secret Kingdom series of children's books (Reykjavík: JPV).

Editing

* ''Örþrasir: ljóðakver Listafélagsins'', ed. by Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, Vésteinn Valgarðsson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson ([Reykjavík: Skólafélagið], [1999])

External links

Personal website

Interview in ''Morgunblaðið'', 24 October 2011

References

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