Guðmundur Andri Thorsson is an editor, critic, and author born in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
on 31 December 1957. He received his degree in literature in 1983 from the
University of Iceland
The University of Iceland ( is, Háskóli Íslands ) 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' s ...
. 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 since then. He has also written several articles which have been collected into a book. In 2013 his novel ''Sæmd'' was nominated for the
Icelandic Literary Prize The Icelandic Literary Prize ( Icelandic: ''Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin''), or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to three books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's cen ...
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Iceland Review Online
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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 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 Yorksh ...
, via English, 2006
* ''Tveir húsvagnar'', novel, translated from Marina Lewycka
Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of 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 Yorksh ...
, 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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