Svava Jakobsdóttir (4 October 1930 – 21 February 2004) was one of

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's prominent 20th century authors and feminist politicians. Her writing was characterized by "a unique brand of surreal feminism." Her father ''(Hans) Jakob Jónsson''Torfi Jónsson: Æviskrár samtídarmanna. Oliver Steins, Skuggsjá 1982–1984 was a Lutheran minister. From 1935 to 1940 he and his family lived in

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where he served as the pastor of the Icelandic-Canadian congregation. She graduated from Smith College in 1952. After that she studied at Somerville College, Oxford. She was a member of the

Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (" thing fields" or "assemb ...

, the Icelandic parliament, from 1971 to 1979 for the left-wing party Alþýðubandalagið (People's Alliance).Literature.is page on Svava Jakobsdóttir
Her best-known works are the novel ''Gunnlaðar saga'' (''The Saga of Gunnlod''), the novella ''Leigjandinn'' (''The Lodger'') and the macabre

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"Saga handa börnum" ("A Story for Children"). Besides prose she also wrote poetry and plays. She won the

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Award in 1997.

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