Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 24 September 1962) is an Icelandic author, poet, playwright, and visual artist.
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Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | 17 December 1963
Occupation | Poet Novelist Playwright |
Nationality | Icelander |
Biography
Kristín Ómarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík; she spent her first years in Copenhagen and lived for most of her childhood in Hafnarfjörður. She studied literature, Spanish and Icelandic at The University of Iceland. She wrote her first play in 1985, which won her first prize in a playwriting competition run by The National Theater of Iceland.[1] Kristín has worked as a writer since the middle of the 1980s, also working for some time as a freelance journalist. She has been nominated four times for the Icelandic Literary Prize.[2] In 2000, her novel Elskan mín ég dey was nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize.[3] In 2005, she won Playwright of the Year at Gríman – The Icelandic Performing Arts Awards.[4] For the poetry book Sjáðu fegurð þína she was awarded Fjöruverðlaunin – the Icelandic Women's Literary Prize in 2008.[5] Apart from writing novels, poetry, and plays, she has exhibited her drawings and worked in the field of visual art.[6] Some of her books include her drawings.
Bibliography
Novels & Stories
- Flækingurinn, 2015
- Eternal Reflections ("Eilífar speglanir" 2013)
- Milla ("Milla"2012)
- We Belong to the Same Darkness: Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo, ("Við tilheyrum sama myrkrinu" 2011)
- By the Bridge ("Hjá brúnni" 2009)
- A Story of a Small Crybaby ("Saga af lítilli grenjuskjóðu" 2008)
- Children in Reindeer Woods ("Hér" 2004)
- Happyness I & II ("Hamingjan hjálpi mér I og II" 2001)
- My love I Die ("Elskan mín ég dey" 1997)
- The Narrow Doors ("Dyrnar þröngu" 1995)
- Black Wedding Dresses ("Svartir brúðarkjólar" 1991)
- Once Upon a Time Stories ("Einu sinni sögur" 1991)
- "On A Journey at Yours'' ("Í ferðalagi hjá þér" 1987)
Poetry
- Spiders in Display Windows ("Kóngulær í sýningargluggum" 2017)
- See Your Beauty ("Sjáðu fegurð þína" 2008)
- Christmas Poems ("Jólaljóð" 2006)
- In and Out the Window ("Inn og útum gluggann" 2003)
- A Special Day ("Sérstakur dagur" 2000)
- Close Your Eyes and Think of Me ("Lokaðu augunum og hugsaðu um mig" 1998)
- Waitress at an Old Restaurant ("þerna á gömlu veitingahúsi" 1993)
- There is Fog in Our House ("Í húsinu okkar er þoka" 1987)
Other Books
- Audition, Gjöf til mín yðar hátign, Stars, 2014
Theatre & Radiodrama
- A Spider Sleeps in the Mirror ("Í speglingum sefur kónguló" 2011)
- The Big Mermaid ("Kuðungarnir" 2011)
- Short Stories ("Smásögur" 2007)
- The Hospital Ship ("Spítalaskipið" 2004)
- Tell Me Everything ("Segðu mér allt" 2004)
- My Friend the World's End ("Vinur minn heimsendir" 2003)
- The Birthday-Cake ("Afmælistertan" 2003)
- Many Women ("Margar konur" 2000)
- Margarethe the Great Radiodrama ("Margrét mikla útvarpsverk" 1999)
- Lovestory III ("Ástarsaga III" 1997)
- Margarethe the Great ("Margrét mikla" 1995)
- Trumpet of the Heart ("Hjartatrompet" 1990)
- Dreams Upside Down ("Draumar á hvolfi" 1987)
Exhibitions
- Audition (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, AceArtGallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 2008)
- Gjöf mín yðar hátign (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Listasafn Así, Reykjavik, 2011)
- Stars (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, The Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, 2011)
Translated work
Danish
- Billie og Rafael, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2015
- Omstrejferen, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2018
English
- Waitress in Fall, Carcanet Press & Partus Press, 2018
- Children in Reindeer Woods, Open Letter Books, 2012
- In and Out the Window
- Poems in Brushstrokes of Blue: The Young Poets of Iceland
Finnish
- Olipa kerran tarinoita, Like, 1994
French
- T´es pas la seule à être morte, Le Cavalier Bleu, 2003
Galician
- Meu amor, eu morro, rinoceronte, 2015
German
- Ewige Speigelungen, 2015
Swedish
- Här, Kabusa Böcker, 2007
- Gud hjälpe mig I och II, Kabusa Böcker, 2003
- Älskling jag dör, Anamma, 1999
References
- "Skáld.is". Skáld.is. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- "Kristín Ómarsdóttir". Forlagið bókabúð (in Icelandic). 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- "Nominerede 1962-2017". 2011-10-07. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- Administrator. "Handhafar Grímuverðlauna 2005". www.griman.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- "Verðlaunahafar fyrri ára | Fjöruverðlaunin". Fjöruverðlaunin (in Icelandic). 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- "Skáld.is". Skáld.is. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
External links
- "Forlagið"
- Bokmenntir - on Kristín Ómarsdóttir
- Words Without Borders
- The City and the Writer
- A Saturday Afternoon with Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo
- Rumpus: Interview with Kristín Ómarsdóttir
- Iceland Wikipedia entry
- Oyeyemi, Helen (13 April 2012). "Under Siege". New York Times Sunday Book Review.