(1940–2010) worked as a lecturer at the University of Iceland and as a librarian before turning exclusively to writing in 1978. Her first work was the short story collection Nothing Serious, published in 1980.

“A poignant and passionate story, brimming with demanding speculation about love, death and the meaning of life.”
DV NEWSPAPER

AWARDS

2001 – Honorary Writer’s Salary
1992 – The Nordic Council’s Literature Prize: Meðan nóttin líður (Night Watch)
1991 – DV Newspaper Cultural Prize for Literature: Meðan nóttin líður (Night Watch)
1990 – The Icelandic Literature Prize: Meðan nóttin líður (Night Watch)
1988 – The National Broadcasting Company’s Writer’s Fund
1982 – Award from The Icelandic Writer’s Fund

NOMINATIONS

1994 – The Icelandic Literature Prize: Í luktum heimi (In a Closed World)