Icelandic Literary Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 16 (2004) Winner
Auður Jónsdóttir
アウズル・ヨンスドッティル
Auður Jónsdóttir
Aliases:
Audur Jonsdottir
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1973-03-30 （Reykjavík）
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Residence History
- Reykjavík, Iceland → Berlin, Germany → Barcelona, Spain → Copenhagen, Denmark → England
Career
- Occupations
- writer, author, playwright
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Reykjavik City Theater
- Influenced By
- Halldór Laxness, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Isabel Allende, Nikolai Gogol, Günter Grass, Gabriel García Márquez, Haruki Murakami, Zadie Smith, Yoko Tawada
- Nominations
- Icelandic Literary Prize nomination (1998, Bliss), Nordic Council's Literature Prize nomination (2006, The People in the Basement), Icelandic Literary Prize nomination (2006, Deposit), Icelandic Literary Prize nomination (2012, Secretaries to the Spirits), Nordic Council Literature Prize nomination (2014, Secretaries to the Spirits), Icelandic Literary Prize nomination (2015, Grand Mal)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Icelandic Literary Prize | The People in the Basement | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Women's Literary Award (Fjöruverðlaun) | Secretaries to the Spirits | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | Icelandic book sellers prize | Grand Mal | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Icelandic Radio (RUV) Award | — | — | RÚV | winner |
Icelandic Literary Prize
2004
Work:
The People in the Basement
Result:
winner
Women's Literary Award (Fjöruverðlaun)
2012
Work:
Secretaries to the Spirits
Result:
winner
Icelandic book sellers prize
2015
Work:
Grand Mal
Result:
winner
Icelandic Radio (RUV) Award
2016
Organization:
RÚV
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bliss
1998 novelDebut novel, nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize.
family
The People in the Basement
2004 novelNovel about family. Won Icelandic Literary Prize, nominated for Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
familymother-daughter relationships
Adaptations
- [play] The People In The Basement / Olafur Egilsson (2010)
Translations
- Danish edition (2007)
- Swedish edition (2007)
Secretaries to the Spirits
2012 novelBest-selling Icelandic fine literature of the Christmas season. Won Women's Literary Award.
family
Translations
- Random House (Germany)
- Tiderne Skifter (Denmark)
- Presse de la Cité (France)
Grand Mal
2015 novelHer most successful novel to date. Features epileptic protagonist.
familyepilepsy
Adaptations
- [film] Quake / Tinna Hrafnsdóttir (2022)
Translations
- English translation Quake (2022, Dottir Press)
Bibliography
- Bliss (1998)
- Another life (2000)
- The People in the Basement (2004)
- Deposit (2006)
- Wintersun (2008)
- Secretaries to the Spirits (2012)
- Grand Mal (2015)
Adaptations
- The People In The Basement, Deposit, and Grand Mal are being adapted for the silver screen.
- Grand Mal adapted as Quake, premiered 2022.
Translations of Works
- Danish, Swedish, German, French, English, Dutch editions etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Novels dealing with family, particularly mother-daughter relationships
- Recurring Motifs
- mother-daughter relationshipsfamily conflicts
Health
-
seizures幼少期Influenced the epileptic protagonist in Grand Mal
Legacy
Prominent Icelandic author known for novels on family and mother-daughter relationships. Multiple awards and nominations, including Icelandic Literary Prize. Granddaughter of Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness.
Trivia
- Granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness.
- Experienced seizures as a child.
- Worked in a fish factory in Flateyri in 1995, influencing her novel Ósjálfrátt.
- Received full-year artist salary from Ministry of Education and Culture for 2023.