Gerður Kristný

Gerður Kristný (born 1970) is an Icelandic poet; she has also written short stories, novels and books for children.

Gerður Kristný
Gerður Kristný at the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012
Born (1970-06-10) 10 June 1970
NationalityIcelandic
Genrepoetry
Notable awardsIcelandic Literature Award, The Icelandic Children's Choice Award, Halldór Laxness Literary Award

Life and work

Gerður Kristný was born on 10 June 1970 and brought up in Reykjavík. She graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992.[1]

Gerður has published collections of poetry and short stories, novels, books for children and a biography. Her play The Dancing at Bessastadir, based on two of her children's books, premiered in the Icelandic National Theater in Reykjavík in February 2011, and was acclaimed by the public and critics alike.[2]

In 2005, Gerður received the Icelandic Journalism Award for her biography Myndin af pabba.[3] In 2010, she won the Icelandic Literature Award for her book of poetry Blóðhófnir (Bloodhoof) which is based on an ancient Nordic myth, told primarily in the Eddic poem Skírnismál, about the attempt of the Nordic fertility god Freyr to fetch the poet's namesake Gerður Gymisdóttir from her far away home as his bride.[4] Blóðhófnir was nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2011.

Other awards for her work include The Icelandic Children's Choice Awards in 2003, The Halldór Laxness Literary Award in 2004 and The West-Nordic Children's Literature Award in 2010.

Gerður Kristný lives in Reykjavík but travels regularly around the world to present her work, giving readings in places like Kampala, Cox's Bazar, Java, Maastricht and Colgata.

In 2014, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[5]

Works
  • Iðunn og afi pönk, Mál og Menning, 2020, ISBN 9789979342380
  • Heimskaut, Mál og Menning, 2019, ISBN 9789979340973
  • Sálumesssa, Mál og Menning, 2018, ISBN 9789979338802
  • Smartís, Mál og Menning, 2017, ISBN 9789979338802
  • Hestvík, Mál og Menning, 2016, ISBN 9979337060
  • Drápa, Mál og Menning, 2014, ISBN 9789979334828
  • Ljóðasafn, Mál og Menning, 2014, ISBN 9789979334347
  • Strandir, Mál og Menning, 2012, ISBN 9789979333111
  • Forsetinn, prinsessan og höllin sem svaf, Mál og menning, 2011, ISBN 9789979332756
  • Blóðhófnir, Mál og Menning, 2010, ISBN 9789979331872
  • Prinsessan á Bessastöðum, Mál og menning, 2009, ISBN 9789979331148
  • Garðurinn , Mál og Menning, 2008, ISBN 9789979330110
  • Höggstaður, Mál og Menning, 2007, ISBN 9789979328780
  • Ballið á Bessastöðum, Mál og menning, 2007, ISBN 9979329084
  • Land hinna týndu sokka, Mál og Menning, 2006 ISBN 9979327847
  • Myndin af pabba - Saga Thelmu Vaka-Helgafell, 2005 ISBN 9979218894
  • Bátur með segli og allt, Vaka-Helgafell, 2004, ISBN 9789979218821
  • Jóladýrin, Mál og Menning, 2004, ISBN 9979325526
  • Ég veit þú kemur: Þjóðhátíð í Vestmannaeyjum 2002, Mál og Menning, 2002, ISBN 9979323620
  • Marta smarta, Mál og Menning, 2002, ISBN 9979323361
  • Launkofi, Mál og Menning, 2000, ISBN 9789979321040
  • Eitruð epli, Mál og Menning, 1998, ISBN 9979323760
  • Regnbogi í póstinum, Mál og Menning, 1996, ISBN 9979314109
  • Ísfrétt, Mál og menning, 1994, ISBN 9789979306412

Works in English
  • Sewing Sisters
  • Poems in NorthWords
  • Bloodhoof, Translated by Rory McTurk, Arc Pub., 2012, ISBN 9781908376107
  • Drápa - A Reykjavík Murder Mystery, Translated by Rory McTurk, Arc Pub., 2018, ISBN 9781911469261
  • Reykjavik Requiem, Translated by Rory McTurk, Arc Pub., 2020, ISBN 9781910345016

References
  1. "Gerður Kristný (poet) - Iceland - Poetry International". Poetryinternationalweb.net. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. "Gerdur Kristny | International Writing Program". Iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson, Bergsteinn Sigurðsson, and others, Ísland í aldanna rás, 2001-2010: Saga lands og þjóðar ár frá ári (Reykjavík: JPV, 2012), 195.
  4. Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson, Bergsteinn Sigurðsson, and others, Ísland í aldanna rás, 2001-2010: Saga lands og þjóðar ár frá ári (Reykjavík: JPV, 2012), 390.
  5. "2014 Resident Participants | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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