Kristín Ómarsdóttir

Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962) is an Icelandic author, poet and playwright.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kristín.
Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Born (1962-09-24) 24 September 1962
Reykjavík, Iceland
OccupationPoet
Novelist
Playwright
NationalityIcelander

Biography

Kristín Ómarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík; she spent her first years in Copenhagen and lived for most of her childhood in Hafnarfjörður. She wrote her first play in 1985, which won her first prize in a playwriting competition run by The National Theater of Iceland.[1] [2] In 2000, her novel Elskan mín ég dey was nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize.[3] In 2005, she won Playwright of the Year at Gríman – The Icelandic Performing Arts Awards.[4] For the poetry book Sjáðu fegurð þína she was awarded Fjöruverðlaunin – the Icelandic Women's Literary Prize in 2008.[5] The poetry book Kóngulær in sýningargluggum, 2017, was nominated to Nordic Counsel Literature Prize in 2019. Her most recent novel translated to English is Swanfolk, published in UK and US in July 2022.

Bibliography

Novels and stories

Poetry
  • Spiders in Display Windows ("Kóngulær í sýningargluggum" 2017)
  • See Your Beauty ("Sjáðu fegurð þína" 2008)
  • Christmas Poems ("Jólaljóð" 2006)
  • In and Out the Window ("Inn og útum gluggann" 2003)
  • A Special Day ("Sérstakur dagur" 2000)
  • Close Your Eyes and Think of Me ("Lokaðu augunum og hugsaðu um mig" 1998)
  • Waitress at an Old Restaurant ("þerna á gömlu veitingahúsi" 1993)
  • There is Fog in Our House ("Í húsinu okkar er þoka" 1987)

Other books
  • Audition, Gjöf til mín yðar hátign, Stars, 2014

Theatre and radio drama
  • A Spider Sleeps in the Mirror ("Í speglingum sefur kónguló" 2011)
  • The Big Mermaid ("Kuðungarnir" 2011)
  • Short Stories ("Smásögur" 2007)
  • The Hospital Ship ("Spítalaskipið" 2004)
  • Tell Me Everything ("Segðu mér allt" 2004)
  • My Friend the World's End ("Vinur minn heimsendir" 2003)
  • The Birthday-Cake ("Afmælistertan" 2003)
  • Many Women ("Margar konur" 2000)
  • Margarethe the Great Radiodrama ("Margrét mikla útvarpsverk" 1999)
  • Lovestory III ("Ástarsaga III" 1997)
  • Margarethe the Great ("Margrét mikla" 1995)
  • Trumpet of the Heart ("Hjartatrompet" 1990)
  • Dreams Upside Down ("Draumar á hvolfi" 1987)

Exhibitions

Translated works

Danish

English
  • "Swanfolk"

Harvill Secker, Harper Via Books, 2022

Finnish
  • Olipa kerran tarinoita, Like, 1994

French
  • T´es pas la seule à être morte, Le Cavalier Bleu, 2003

Galician
  • Meu amor, eu morro, rinoceronte, 2015

German
  • Ewige Speigelungen, 2015

Swedish
  • Här, Kabusa Böcker, 2007
  • Gud hjälpe mig I och II, Kabusa Böcker, 2003
  • Älskling jag dör, Anamma, 1999

References
  1. "Skáld.is". Skáld.is. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "Kristín Ómarsdóttir". Forlagið bókabúð (in Icelandic). 9 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. "Nominerede 1962-2017". 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. Administrator. "Handhafar Grímuverðlauna 2005". www.griman.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Verðlaunahafar fyrri ára | Fjöruverðlaunin". Fjöruverðlaunin (in Icelandic). 15 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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