Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (born 3 September 1965 in
Þingeyri) is an
Icelandic writer and journalist. She lives in
Reykjavík.
Vilborg has a diploma in journalism, and a BA in English and
Ethnology. She wrote her MA thesis in Ethnology about oral tradition and storytelling.
Her novels ''The Well of Fates'' (1993) and ''The Witches' Judgement'' (1994) concern a slave in the
Viking era and are influenced by the
Icelandic sagas. She has also written a
trilogy,
historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...
about Auður Djúpúðga (
Aud the Deep-Minded), one of Iceland's most famous female settlers.
Vilborg's book ''Ástin, drekinn og dauðinn (On Love, Dragons and Dying)'' (2015) is her most personal story yet. There she writes the story of her husband's journey with terminal brain cancer, and her first year as a widow, during which both her mother-in-law and her father died as well.
Some of her books have been translated and published in
The United States,
Egypt,
Germany and
Faroe Islands.
Works
*''Blóðug jörð'' (2017)
*''Ástin, drekinn og dauðinn'' (2015)
*''Vígroði'' (2012)
*''Auður'' (2009)
*''Hrafninn'' (2005)
*''Felustaðurinn'' (2002)
*''Korku saga - Við Urðarbrunn og Nornadómur'' (2001)
*''Galdur'' (2000)
*''Eldfórnin'' (1997) (''The Sacrifice'')
*''Nornadómur'' (1994) (''The Witches' Judgement'')
*''Við Urðarbrunn'' (1993) (''The Well of Fates'')
External links
Site on Icelandic writersInterview with Vilborg, by Icelandic Literature CenterPodcast interviewby composer
Linda Buckley
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and producer Helen Shaw
Icelandic women novelists
Icelandic journalists
Davidsdottir, Vilborg
Davidsdottir, Vilborg
20th-century Icelandic women writers
20th-century Icelandic novelists
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