Steinunn Sigurðardóttir

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Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (2011)

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born August 26, 1950 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic writer.

Life

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir completed her academic training in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at the University College in Dublin from. She worked mainly as a radio and TV journalist until the 1980s. She has lived in different places in Europe, the USA and Japan. She now commutes between Reykjavík and Berlin-Kreuzberg .

At first Steinunn Sigurðardóttir wrote poems and short stories; With her volume of poetry Sífellur ( Eng .: Resistance ) she achieved first notoriety at the age of 19. In 1995 she received the Icelandic Literature Prize for her novel Hjartastaður , published in the same year, which was also translated into German under the title Herzort . In it she describes the problematic relationship between a single mother and her teenage daughter. The text has elements of a road movie , as the main characters are followed on their journey through Iceland by the half-world friends of the daughter. On the basis of the journey that leads from Reykjavík via the Hringvegur , ring road no. 1, to the southeast of the island, the author describes hauntingly Icelandic landscapes and natural phenomena, including a. a sandstorm.

Her novel The Time Thief was also a great success. This novel is about a love affair between a highly experienced teacher in Reykjavík who lives in high society and who seems to regard her job as a hobby, and her younger married colleague. The original narrative style, which also includes elements of the lyric poetry, proves to be appealing. The novel was translated into several languages ​​and filmed in France in 1998 under the title Voleur de vie with Emmanuelle Béart , Sandrine Bonnaire and André Dussollier in the leading roles.

Works published in German

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Individual evidence

  1. Money = Time² in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from October 9, 2011, p. 54.