Ragna (Ragnheiður) Sigurðardóttir (born in

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on 10 August 1962) is an

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ic writer, translator and artist. She studied at the

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in the Netherlands and also spent time in Denmark. In addition she studied French and fine arts at

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. In 1987 she debuted with a collection of her short stories and poems titled ''Stefnumót'' ("Date"), followed in by ''Fallegri en flugeldar'' ("More beautiful than fireworks", 1989), ''27 herbergi'' ("27 rooms", 1991). Her debut novel ''Borg'' ("City", 1993), was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize, followed by ''Skot'' ("Shot", 1997), ''Strengir'' ("Strings", 2000), ''Hið fullkomna landslag'' ("The Perfect Landscape", 2009; translated into English by Sarah Bowen and published by Amazon Publishing in 2012), ''Bónusstelpan'' ("The Cashier", 2011), Vinkonur ("Girlfriends", 2016) and Þetta rauða, það er ástin (2022). In 2019, she published a collection of short stories, Vetrargulrætur ("Winter Roots"), which received unanimous praise from critics. In her career she has been long-listed for the

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. She was married to the musician and ''

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Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (; born 23 April 1958), also known as HÖH, is a musician, an art director, and '' allsherjargoði'' (''chief goði'') of Ásatrúarfélagið ("the Ásatrú Association"). Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson was a pioneer in the use ...

from 1998-2024. They have two daughters together.Fann sinn farveg í tónlistinni og ásatrúnni
23 April 2018.

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. Ragna has worked as an art critic and as a literary translator from several languages (including Dutch, English and Danish) into Icelandic.

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