Stefán Máni
Stefán Máni Sigþórsson (born June 3, 1970 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic writer . Several of his 13 books were nominated for the Scandinavian Crime Prize. In 2007 and 2013 he won the Icelandic crime prize Blóðdropinn for Skipið ( The Ship ) and Húsið ( The House ). Skipið appeared in German, Danish, Italian and French translations. Svartur á leik was filmed in 2012 by Óskar Þór Axelsson , the German film title is Black's Game - Kaltes Land .
Life
Stefán Máni was born on June 3, 1970 in Reykjavík, but grew up in Ólafsvík and lived there until 1996. Instead of attending secondary school, as a young man he worked as an unskilled worker in many industries: u. a. as a fisherman , construction worker , gardener and as a nursing assistant in psychiatry . He has lived there as a writer since moving to Reykjavík in 1996.
Works (selection)
- Dyrnar á Svörtufjöllum (1996)
- Myrkravél (1999)
- Hótel California (2001)
- Israel: saga af manni (2002)
- Svartur á leik (2004)
- Túristi (2005)
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Skipið (2006)
- Das Schiff , Ullstein Verlag , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-550-08740-0
- Ódáðahraun (2008)
- Hyldýpi (2009)
- Feigð (2011)
- Húsið (2012)
- Úlfshjarta (2013)
- Grimmd (2013)
- Litlu Dauðarnir (2014)
- Nóttin Langa (2015)
- Nautið (2015)
- Svarti Galdur (2016)
Web links
- Literature by and about Stefán Máni in the catalog of the German National Library
- Stefán Mani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stefán Máni on Twitter
- Interview with Stefán Máni on schwedenkrimi.de
- Short biography and list of works in English
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stefán Máni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stefán Máni Sigþórsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd June 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reykjavík |