(b.1938–2021) authored numerous novels and short stories. She won a number of commendations for her writing, including three nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize and two for the Icelandic Literary Prize. She won the Icelandic Women’s Literature Prize for her novel Ran, as well as The DV Cultural Prize for Literature.

“One of the finest qualities of this novel is how splendidly its fragmented form conveys the subject matter itself: the attempts of an old woman to comprehend her fractured memory. … An artfully constructed story.”
VIDSJA, NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE

AWARDS

2018 – The Knight’s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon, for her contribution to Icelandic literature and university level education in the field of literature
2009 – Fjöruverðlaunin – The Women’s Literature Prize: Rán
2008 – DV Cultural Prize for Literature: Rán
2001 – The Icelandic Broadcasting Service Writer’s Prize
1985 – DV Literature Prize: Þel

NOMINATIONS

2008 – The Icelandic Literature Price: Rán
2003 – The Nordic Council Literary Prize: Yfir Ebrofljótið (Across the Ebroriver)
2001 – The Icelandic Literature Prize: Yfir Ebrofljótið (Across the Ebroriver)
1995 – The Nordic Council Literary Prize: Hvatt að rúnum (Pokus)
1991 – The Nordic Council Literary Prize: Hringsól (Roundabout)