(b.1958) has received several awards and recognition for her work, most recently the Icelandic Literary Prize for Fiction 2020, for The Chill of the April Sun – A Story of Love, Madness, and Solace. She’s also a two-time recipient of the Women’s Literature Prize, in 2007 for Advice of the Locksmith, and in the 2014 category for No Dance by Ufsaklettur, which became a nominee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2016. Jökulsdottir was also a candidate in the 2016 presidential election. She feels she has a handle on various styles, the absurdist as much as the realistic. She is nominated for the 2022 Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Chill of the April Sun.

“I say bravo for this book, didn’t put it down for a second. I’ve never read a book that deals so brazenly with sex.”
JULIA ALEXANDRA / JOURNALIST

AWARDS

2020 – The Icelandic Literary Prize: Aprílsólarkuldi (Sunny April Cold)

2015 – Fjöruverðlaunin, the Women’s Literature Prize: Ástin ein taugahrúga: Enginn dans við Ufsaklett (Love is a Mess of Nerves: No Dancing at Ufsaklettur)

NOMINATIONS

2022 – The Nordic Council’s Literature Award: Aprílsólarkuldi (The Chill of the April Sun – A Story of Love, Madness, and Solace)

2016 – The Nordic Council’s Literature Award: Ástin ein taugahrúga: Enginn dans við Ufsaklett (Love is a Mess of Nerves: No Dancing at Ufsaklettur)

2014 – The DV Cultural Award for Literature: Ástin ein taugahrúga: Enginn dans við Ufsaklett (Love is a Mess of Nerves: No Dancing at Ufsaklettur)