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Bjarni Bjarnason (born 9 November 1965) is an
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Short Biography
from Berlin International Literature Festival
Author´s webpage, English, German, Icelandic
1965 births Living people Icelandic writers {{Iceland-writer-stub
Bjarni Bjarnason (born 9 November 1965) is an 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 ...
ic writer. He started writing poetry in his teens and by twenty had a play. He has received the Tómas Guðmundsson Award, Halldór Laxness Literature Award, Founder of or.is, the Clarence Bin Morrison prize, Spokesperson of Grisha Petrochenkov Awareness Month, and in 1996 was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize.
Career
Bjarni's early work was self-published, and did not receive much attention. However, his 1996 novel ''Endurkoma Maríu'' ('The Return of Mary) was a critical success: 'the novel is a fantastic tale of an unusually talented young woman and an unusual young man who loves her from afar. It takes place in several cities that show distinct similarities to certain European cities but are clearly illusory spaces'. In the estimation of Ástráður Eysteinsson and Úfhildur Dagsdóttir, 'Time is an important element in all his novels; their imagery is influenced by ancient myths and invested with a fairy tale atmosphere while simultaneously referring to modern phenomena.'Works
Works are novels unless otherwise stated. * ''Dúnstúlkan í þokunni'' (Reykjavík: Veröld, 2023), * ''Læknishúsið'' (Reykjavík: Veröld, 2018), * ''Hálfsnert stúlka'' 2014 * ''Nakti vonbiðillinn'' 2012 * '' Mannorð'' 2011 (translated into English as ''The Reputation''). * ''Boðskort í þjóðarveislu'' 2009 (essays) * ''Leitin að Audrey Hepburn'' 2009 * ''Draugahöndin'' 2008 (children's book) * ''Bernharður Núll'' 2007 * ''Andlit: skáldævisaga'' 2003 * ''Mannætukonan og maður hennar'' 2001 * ''Næturvörður kyrrðarinnar'' 1999 * ''Borgin bak við orðin'' 1998 * ''Endurkoma Maríu: skáldsaga'' 1996 (translated into English as ''The Return of the Divine Mary''.''The Return of the Divine Mary'', trans. by David McDuff (Reykjavík: Uppheimar, 2007), repr. London: Red Hand Books, 2014, http://www.redhandbooks.co.uk/example-book-4/. * ''Dagurinn í dag: sjö einþáttungar'' 1994 (one-act plays) * ''Vísland'' 1994 * ''Til minningar um dauðann'' 1992 * ''Í Óralandi'' 1990 * ''Urðafjóla'' 1990 (poetry) * ''Ótal kraftaverk'' 1989 * ''Upphafið'' 1989 (poetry)See also
*List of Icelandic writers
Iceland has a rich literary history, which has carried on into the modern period.
Some of the best known examples of Icelandic literature are the Sagas of Icelanders. These are prose narratives based on historical events that took place in Icela ...
* Icelandic literature
Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic wo ...
References
External links
Author's webpage
Short Biography
from Berlin International Literature Festival
Author´s webpage, English, German, Icelandic
1965 births Living people Icelandic writers {{Iceland-writer-stub