Jónína Leósdóttir

Jónína Leósdóttir (left) with Danilo Türk , the President of Slovenia, her wife Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the President's wife, Barbara Miklič Türk (from left to right)

Jónína Leósdóttir (born May 16, 1954 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic author .

Life

Jónína Leósdóttir studied English and Literature at the University of Iceland , where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree . She then studied at the University of Essex in the UK . Between 1985 and 2005 she worked as a journalist and editor. She wrote biographies, plays and television plays, novels, children's books and short stories, as well as translating works from English into Icelandic. In 2008 she took part in the festival for solo pieces Act Alone in Ísafjörður .

In 2002, Jónína Leósdóttir entered into a registered partnership with the politician Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir . The two married in 2010 after same-sex marriage was introduced in Iceland . Jónína has a son from his first marriage to Jón Ormur Halldórsson .

Awards and nominations

In 2008 Jónina won the Jón-úr-Vör-Poetry Prize. Her radio play Hér er kominn maður (2006) (German: Here is a man came) received a 2006 nomination for the Icelandic Radio and Radio Prize Edda .

Works

• Rósumál: Líf og störf Rósu Ingólfsdóttur , 1992: Fróði (biography)
• Þríleikur: skáldsaga , 1994: Fróði (novel)
• Guð almáttugur hjálpi þér: endurminningar séra Sigurðar Hauks Guðjónssonar , 1998: NB (biography)
• Afi og abbadísin , Smásögur, 2006: Fróði (short stories)
• Talað út um lífið og tilveruna , 2007: Salka (collections of articles)
• Allt fínt ... en þú? , 2010: Mál og menning (novel)
• Best of all good , 2011: Kiepenheuer & Witsch (Roman)

Children's books

• Sundur og saman , 1993: Fróði
• Kossar & ólífur , 2007: Vaka-Helgafell
• Svart & hvítt , 2008: Vaka-Helgafell
• Ég & þú , 2009: Vaka-Helgafell

Spectacles

• Að vera eða vera ekki (Akureyri, 1996)
• Frátekið borð (Höfundasmiðja LR, 1996)
• Leyndarmál (Leikfélag Fjölbrautarskólans í Breiðholti 1997, Leikfélag Fjölbrautarskólans á Vestfjörðum 1997, Leikfélag Fjölbrautarskóla Suðurlands 1998)
• Lófalestur (Listaklúbbur Leikhúskjallarans, 1998)

Radio plays

• Símastefnumót ( RÚV , 1997)
• Stundarbrjálæði (RÚV, 2002)
• Hér er kominn maður ... (RÚV, 2006)
• Faraldur (Útvarpsleikhúsið - RÚV, 2009)

TV drama

• Koddahjal (RÚV, 2000)
• Helgarferð (RÚV, 2000)
• Fyrsta nóttin (RÚV, 2000)
• Stóra Stundin (RÚV / sjónvarp 2002)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. Retrieved April 11, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} islit.is: Jónína Leósdóttir.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 11, 2013.  

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 .