Guðmundur Andri Thorsson is an editor, critic, and author born in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
on 31 December 1957. He received his degree in literature in 1983 from the
University of Iceland
The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern co ...
. His first work was as a literary critic in the 1980s.
His first novel, ''Mín káta angist'', came out in 1988 and he has had three more novels published since then. He has also written several articles collected into a book. In 2013 his novel ''Sæmd'' was nominated for the
Icelandic Literary Prize.
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Major works
* ''Mín káta angist'', novel, 1988.
* ''Íslenski draumurinn'', novel, 1991.
* ''Íslandsförin'', novel, 1996.
* ''Ég vildi að ég kynni að dansa'', articles, 1998.
* ''Náðarkraftur'', novel, 2003.
* ''Stutt ágrip af sögu traktorsins á úkraínsku'', novel, translated from Marina Lewycka
Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukraine, Ukrainian origin.
Early life
Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South ...
, via English, 2006
* ''Tveir húsvagnar'', novel, translated from Marina Lewycka
Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukraine, Ukrainian origin.
Early life
Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South ...
, via English, 2007
* ''Segðu mömmu að mér líði vel'', novel, 2008.
* ''Valeyrarvalsinn'', story-cycle, 2011.
* ''Sæmd'', novel about Benedikt Sveinbjarnarson Gröndal, 2013
* ''Og svo tjöllum við okkur í rallið : bókin um Thor'', biography, 2015
* ''Hæg breytileg átt'', poetry, 2016
References
External links
Edda.isBokmenntir
Icelandic writers
Thorsson, Gudmundur Andri
Thorsson, Gudmundur Andri
Thors family
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