Böðvar Guðmundsson

Böðvar Guðmundsson (born January 9, 1939 at the Kirkjuból farm in Hvítársíða district ) is an Icelandic writer and translator.

Life

After graduating from high school in Reykjavík in 1962, Böðvar Guðmundsson completed his Icelandic studies at the University of Iceland in 1969 . He studied in Germany from 1964 to 1965. He worked as a substitute teacher in Iceland, later also as a lecturer at the Christians Albrechts University in Kiel and at the philosophical faculty of the University of Iceland (1970–1972). From 1981 to 1983 he worked at the Iceland Theater School, from 1983 to 1987 as a visiting professor at the University of Bergen. Böðvar Guðmundsson now lives in Denmark.

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Böðvar Guðmundsson has written poetry, plays and novels. His first book, the collection of poems, Austan Elivoga , was published in 1964. His two novels about the waves of Icelandic emigration to North America in the 19th century ( Híbýli vindanna and Lífsins tré ) enjoyed enormous popularity in Iceland, and Böðvar became the second novel in this series awarded the Icelandic Literature Prize ( Íslensku Bókmenntaverðlaun ) in 1996. In 2009 his last novel so far, Enn er morgun , was published, which tells of a German Jew at the time of National Socialism. Its protagonist is modeled on the German linguist Bruno Kress .

Böðvar Guðmundsson's historical novels have been translated into Danish and English, and some poems are also available in German. In addition, Böðvar himself has translated children's and adult books into Icelandic, including works by Heinrich Böll ( And didn't say a single word ), Roald Dahl, Michael Ende, Mary Shelley ( Frankenstein ) and Astrid Lindgren.

Novels

• Bændabýti , 1990
• Híbýli vindanna , 1995
• Lífsins tré , 1996
• Sögur úr Síðunni , 2007
• Enn er morgun , 2009

Short stories

• Sögur úr seinni stríðum , 1978
• Kynjasögur , 1992

Web links

• Böðvar Guðmundsson on Bókmenntir.is (Icelandic)

See also

• List of Icelandic-speaking writers

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 .