Kristín Ómarsdóttir

	Kristín Ómarsdóttir Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962) is an List of Icelandic authors, Icelandic author, poet and playwright. Biography Kristín Ómarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík; she spent her first years in Copenhagen and lived for most of her childhood in Hafnarfjörður. She wrote her first play in 1985, which won her first prize in a playwriting competition run by National Theatre of Iceland, The National Theater of Iceland. In 2000, her novel ''Elskan mín ég dey'' was nominated for Nordic Council's Literature Prize, The Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2005, she won Playwright of the Year at Gríman – The Icelandic Performing Arts Awards. For the poetry book ''Sjáðu fegurð þína'' she was awarded Fjöruverðlaunin – the Icelandic Women's Literary Prize in 2008. The poetry book Kóngulær in sýningargluggum, 2017, was nominated to Nordic Counsel Literature Prize in 2019. Her most recent novel translated to English is Swanfolk, published in UK and US in July 2022. Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kristín Ómarsdóttir Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962) is an List of Icelandic authors, Icelandic author, poet and playwright. Biography Kristín Ómarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík; she spent her first years in Copenhagen and lived for most of her childhood in Hafnarfjörður. She wrote her first play in 1985, which won her first prize in a playwriting competition run by National Theatre of Iceland, The National Theater of Iceland. In 2000, her novel ''Elskan mín ég dey'' was nominated for Nordic Council's Literature Prize, The Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2005, she won Playwright of the Year at Gríman – The Icelandic Performing Arts Awards. For the poetry book ''Sjáðu fegurð þína'' she was awarded Fjöruverðlaunin – the Icelandic Women's Literary Prize in 2008. The poetry book Kóngulær in sýningargluggum, 2017, was nominated to Nordic Counsel Literature Prize in 2019. Her most recent novel translated to English is Swanfolk, published in UK and US in July 2022. Bibli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Harper Via Books Harper may refer to: Names * Harper (name), a surname and given name Places ;in Canada Harper Islands, Nunavut Harper, Prince Edward Island ;In the United States Harper, former name of Costa Mesa, California in Orange County Harper, Illinois * Harper, Indiana Harper, Iowa Harper, Kansas * Harper, Kentucky Harper, Missouri Harper, Logan County, Ohio Harper, Ross County, Ohio Harper, Oregon Harper, Texas Harper, Utah Harper, Washington Harper, Wyoming ;Elsewhere Harper, Liberia Harper River in Canterbury, New Zealand Harper Adams University, Shropshire, United Kingdom. Court cases ''Harper'' ''v''. ''Virginia Board of Elections'', 383 U.S. 663 (1966), overruling ''Breedlove'' ''v''. ''Suttles'', 302 U.S. 277 (1937) Other uses * Harper, a harp player * ''Harper'' (film), a 1966 film starring Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall * Harper (publisher), an American publishing house, the imprint of global publisher HarperCollins Harper College, a community college i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Living People Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1962 Births Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Open Letter Books Open Letter Books is an American publishing house based at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 2008 by Chad W. Post, the Editor-in-Chief of Dalkey Archive Press. It specializes in translation, a less-populated field in American publishing. Publications Open Letter is a literary press that publishes ten books annually—mostly novels and short stories, and one book of poetry. The press also runs Three Percent, an extensive online resource for literature in translation, which presents the yearly Best Translated Book Award. The press has received funding perennially from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as from the University of Rochester, New York State Council on the Arts, Amazon.com, and a variety of international foundations and individuals. At present, they have published around a hundred books from over twenty different languages. Past publications include the works of Marguerite Duras, Can Xue, Rodrigo Fresán, Sara Mesa, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Partus Press Partus may refer to: * childbirth, the culmination of a woman's pregnancy period with delivery of a newborn child * Partus praematurus, medical term for premature birth of a baby * partus sequitur ventrum, a legal doctrine relating to the citizenship status of children born to slaves {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]