Kristín Steinsdóttir is a well-known children's author and translator 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 ...

. Kristín Steinsdóttir was born in

Seyðisfjörður Seyðisfjörður () is a town in the Eastern Region (Iceland), Eastern Region of Iceland at the innermost point of the fjord of the same name. The town is located in the Municipalities of Iceland, municipality of Múlaþing. A road over Fjarðarhe ...

(a small village with less than 800 residents, at the end of a 17 kilometer long fjord) on 11 March 1946. After finishing a training to become teacher in 1968, she became a teacher in Reykjavik. In 1972–1978, she lived in

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and studied German and Danish there. She has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) 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 ...

and moved to Norway with her family in 1978. Kristín Steinsdóttir has been writing since 1988. She was on the board of The Writer's Union of Iceland from 1993 to 2001 and chair of The Icelandic Association of Children's Book Writers (SÍUNG) from 1999 to 2003. She also wrote several plays together with her sister Iðunn Steinsdóttir.

Awards

*''Engill í vesturbænum'' (''An Angel in the Neighbourhood''): **2004: The West-Nordic Council's Children's Literature Prize **2003: ***The

Nordic Children's Book Prize The Nordic Children's Book Prize (Danish: Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris also called Nordisk Børnebogspris) is a children's literary prize which was established in 1985 by the Nordic Association of School Librarians (Nordisk Skole ...

*** IBBY Iceland Award ***Reykjavík Educational Prize *1999 Allocate from the Writers Library Fund *''Fjólubláir dagar'' (''Violet Days''): 1992 IBBY Iceland Award *1998 Akranes Town Artist *''Vestur í bláinn'' (''Into a New World''): 1998 Nominated, ''International Janusz Korczack Literature Prize'', Poland *''19 júní'' (''June 19th''): 1986 The Icelandic Broadcasting Service Playwright Prize (With Iðunn Steinsdóttir) *''Randaflugur ''(''Bees''): 1989 Third Prize in The Reykjavík City Theatre Playwright competition (With Iðunn Steinsdóttir) *''Mánablóm'' (''Moonflower''): 1989 Second Prize in The Reykjavík City Theatre Playwright competition (With Iðunn Steinsdóttir) *''Franskbrauð með sultu'' (''Jam on White Bread''): 1987 The Icelandic Children's Book Prize

References

External links

At the Reykjavik City Library website
1946 births Living people Kristin Steinsdottir Kristin Steinsdottir Kristin Steinsdottir {{Iceland-writer-stub