Þórarinn Hugleikur Dagsson (), nicknamed Hulli, born 5 October 1977 is an
Iceland
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ic artist. He received a B.A. degree from the
Iceland Academy of the Arts
History
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in 2002.Hugleikur Dagsson from HarperCollins Publishers /ref>
He was a
film critic
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in a popular
Iceland
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ic
radio
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program on Radíó X and hosted another program called ''Hugleikur'' on the same station. ''Hugleikur'' is known for all kinds of visual and video art. He is most famous for his
satirical
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comics filled with black humor, which have been published as books and in The Reykjavik Grapevine Magazine.
Hugleikur has written three
stage plays
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Plays are performed at a variety of levels, fr ...
. The first ''Forðist okkur'' (Avoid us), is based on one of his books. It is a story about three
dysfunctional families
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. The second, ''Leg'' (Uterus), is a musical about teenage pregnancy in the near future of Iceland. "Baðstofan" (Living Room) his third play, is a dark vision of Iceland in the 18th century. All plays received rave reviews and Hugleikur received "the playwright of the year" award for ''Forðist okkur''.
In 2006
Penguin Books
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Penguin Books
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:* ''Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og Ástandið, seinni hluti: Flóttinn frá Reykjavík (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the Situation, part II: Escape from Reykjavík) 2009''
:* ''Eineygði kötturinn Kisi og leyndardómar Eyjafjallajökuls'' (English: Kisi, the one-eyed cat, and the mysteries of the Eyjafjallajökull) 2010 (with Pétur Atli Antonsson)