Guðbergur Bergsson is an

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ic writer born in

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on 16 October 1932. He attended the

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for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the

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. He is one of the leading translators of

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works in Iceland. In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer

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. His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the

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twice. In 2004, he won the

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, known as the 'little Nobel'.

Works

* ''Músin sem læðist'', 1961 * ''Tómas Jónsson, metsölubók'' (1966). Translated by Lytton Smith as ''Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller'' (Open Letter, 2017). * ''Ástir samlyndra hjóna'', 1967 * ''Anna'', 1968 * ''Það sefur í djúpinu'', 1973 * ''Hermann og Dídí'', 1974 * ''Það rís úr djúpinu'', 1976 * ''Saga af manni sem fékk flugu í höfuðið'', 1979 * ''Sagan af Ara Fróðasyni og Hugborgu konu hans'', 1980 * ''Hjartað býr enn í helli sínum'', 1982 * ''Leitin að landinu fagra'', 1985 * ''Froskmaðurinn'', 1985 * '' Svanurinn'' (1991). Translated by Bernard Scudder as ''

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'' (Mare's Nest, 1997). * ''Sú kvalda ást sem hugarfylgsnin geyma'', 1993 * ''Ævinlega'', 1994 * ''Lömuðu kennslukonurnar'', 2004 * ''Leitin að barninu í gjánni - Barnasaga ekki ætluð börnum", 2008 * ''Missir'', 2010 * ''Hin eilífa þrá'', 2012 * ''Þrír sneru aftur'', 2014

Adaptation

In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie ', the adaptation of the '' Svanurinn.'''The Swan': Film Review
''hollywoodreporter.com'', 27 October 2019

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