Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir

Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic writer born on 1 June 1958. She is best known as a poet and playwright.[1]

She was born in Reykjavík, grew up there and still lives there. She works as a nurse part-time. Her poetry began appearing in newspapers in 1982. In 1990 she published her first book of poetry Bláþráður ("Hanging by a thread"). Two of her plays have been performed in Reykjavík.[2] In 2003, she published her first book of prose Lygasaga ("A Story of Lies").[3]

In 1993, she received the literary prize awarded by the DV daily newspaper[2] for her poetry collection Klakabörnin ("Ice Children"). Her collection of poetry Frelsi ("Freedom") received the DV literary prize in 2015;[3] it was nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Literature Prize.[4]

Collections containing her works translated to English

  • Poems from The 30th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
  • Poems in Brushstrokes of Blue: The Young Poets of Iceland
  • Mona Lisa

References

  1. ↑ "Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir" (in Icelandic). Forlagid Rights Agency.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 337. ISBN 0415159806.
  3. 1 2 "Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir". Rejkjavik UNESCO City of Literature.
  4. ↑ "Nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2017". Icelandic Literature Center. February 23, 2017.


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