Halldóra K. Thoroddsen (1950 – 21 July 2020) was an

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ic writer. She studied at the Iceland College of Education and the

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. She worked extensively in education, print and broadcast media. As a writer, she published in a number of genres including poetry, short stories,

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and novels. Her novel ''Tvöfalt gler'' (''Double Glazing'') won the Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize ( Fjöruverðlaunin) in 2016 and the

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in 2017. She lived in

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Selected works

* ''Hárfínar athugasemdir'' (poetry, 1998) * ''90 sýni úr minni mínu'' (microfiction, 2002) * ''Gangandi vegfarandi'' (poetry, 2005) * ''Aukaverkanir'' (short stories, 2006) * ''Tvöfalt gler'' (novel, 2016) * ''Orðsendingar'' (poetry, 2017) * ''Katrínarsaga'' (novel, 2018)

References

1950 births 2020 deaths Halldora K. Thoroddsen {{Iceland-writer-stub