Svava Jakobsdóttir

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Svava Jakobsdóttir (born October 4, 1930 in Neskaupstaður ; † February 21, 2004 ) was an Icelandic writer and politician .

Life

Svava's parents were the Lutheran theologian Hans Jakob Jónsson and his wife Þóra Einarsdóttir . The writer Jökull Jakobsson and the meteorologist Þór Edward Jakobsson were her brothers. She spent part of her childhood in Saskatchewan , where her father served as a priest from 1935 to 1940.

Svava studied from 1949 to 1952 English and American literature at Smith College in Northampton (Massachusetts) and then until 1953 Nordic literature at Somerville College in Oxford . Among other things, she worked as a journalist and teacher and from 1955 to 1960 in the Icelandic embassy in Stockholm . From 1965 to 1966 she studied Swedish literature for another year at Uppsala University . Her first book, the short story collection Tólf konur , was published in 1965.

From 1971 to 1979 Svava was a member of the Althing for the People's Alliance .

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In addition to short stories, Svava wrote two novels and several dramas . She is considered one of the most important writers in Iceland and a pioneer among Icelandic playwrights. Your first drama, Hvað er í blýhólknum? , in 1970 was the first Icelandic play to deal mainly with the situation of women.

In 1990 Svava's novel Gunnlaðar saga was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.

Her work is also considered a major influence for Gerður Kristný .

Works

Short story collections

  • Tólf Konur (1965)
  • Veizla undir grjótvegg (1967)
  • Sögur (1979)
  • Gefið hvort öðru (1982)
  • Endurcoma (1986)
  • Smásögur (1987)
  • Undir eldfjalli (1989)
  • Sögur hana öllum (2001)

Novels

  • Leigjandin (1969)
  • Gunnlaðar saga (1987)

Dramas

  • Hvað er í blýhólknum? (1970)
  • Friðsæl veröld (1974)
  • Æskuvinir (1976)
  • Í takt við tímann (1980)
  • Lokaæfing (1983)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Svava Jakobsdóttir in Torfi Jonsson: Æviskrár samtídarmanna . Olivers Steins, Skuggsjá 1982–1984
  2. ^ A b Ernst Walter: Jakobsdóttir, Svava in Horst Bien (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Nordeuropean Literaturen . Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1978
  3. ↑ Þór Edward Jakobsson in Jonsson: Æviskrár samtídarmanna
  4. ↑ Jakob Jónsson in Jonsson: Æviskrár samtídarmanna
  5. ↑ Svava Jakobsdóttir at goodsread.com
  6. ^ Helga Kress: Icelandic Writers in Helen Tierny (Ed.): Women's Studies Encyclopedia . Greenwood, Westport 1999
  7. ↑ Daisy Neijmann (Ed.): A history of Icelandic literature , University of Nebraska, 2006. Page 581
  8. ↑ Neijmann, page 569f
  9. ↑ Jakobsdóttir, Svava in Jane Eldridge Miller (Ed.): Who's who in contemporary women's writing . Routledge, London 2001
  10. ^ Neijmann, page 456
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 .
personal data
SURNAME Svava Jakobsdóttir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Neskaupstaður , Iceland
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2004