Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (2019)

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (* 1958 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic writer and bestselling author.

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir teaches art history at Reykjavík University and is the director of the Museum of the University of Iceland .

Awards

• Bókmenntaverðlaun Tómasar Guðmundssonar (Tómas Guðmundsson Literature Prize of the City of Reykjavik), 2004
• Menningarverðlaun DV ( Dagblaðið Vísir Culture Prize ), 2008
• Prix ​​Page des Libraires, 2010
• Icelandic Literature Prize for Ör , 2016
• Prix ​​littéraire des jeunes Européens, 2016
• Nordic Council Literature Prize for Ör , 2018
• Prix ​​Médicis - Best Foreign Novel for Miss Islande , 2019 (French translation by Ungfrú Ísland )

Works

• Upphækkuð jörð , 1998
• Rigning í November , 2004; published in a German translation by Sabine Leskopf as Ein Schmetterling im November . Novel. With forty-seven recipes and knitting instructions , 356 pages, Insel Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-17581-0
• Afleggjarinn , 2007
• Undantekningin , 2012
• Ör , 2016
• Ungfrú Ísland , 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the author and work on the publisher's website Suhrkamp / Insel
2. ^ Page of the Prix Littéraire des jeunes Européens ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Nordiska rådets litteraturpris går till isländska författaren Audur Ava Olafsdottir , SVT, accessed on October 30, 2018 (Swedish).

Web links

• Literature by and about Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir in the catalog of the German National Library

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .