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Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir (born 1972) is an Icelandic writer. She has written three autobiographical novels, her best-known work being ''Jarðnæði'' (''Land of love; plan of ruins'') which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award in 2011 and which won the 2012 Icelandic Women's Literature Prize and the 2014 EU Prize for Literature.Bio
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Life

Oddny Eir has a PhD from Sorbonne University. She runs a publishing company Apaflasa in collaboration with her brother the archaeologist Uggi Ævarsson.


Works

*''Ways in between : Gudbjörg Lind, Gudrun Kristjansdottir, Kristin Jonsdottir = Leidin a milli'', Reykjavik : Þjóðminjasafns Íslands, 2007, * ''Land of love and ruins'', Brooklyn, NY : Restless Books, 2016. ,


References

Icelandic writers 1972 births Living people University of Paris alumni {{Iceland-writer-stub