- Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born
1950 inReykjavík ) is anIceland ic author.She finished her university studies in
1972 with a BA inpsychology andphilosophy at University CollegeDublin . Since then, she has worked as ajournalist for radio and television. She has lived in different places inEurope , theUnited States andJapan . At the moment, she has homes inFrance andIceland .Works
At the beginning of her writing career, until the 1980s, she published poems and short stories, thus becoming rather well known in her country. In
1995 , she received the Icelandic National Prize for Literature for her novel "Hjartastaður" ("Heart Place"). In this novel, the author describes the difficult relationship between a mother living alone with her teenage daughter and the young girl. The text is integrating some elements of aroad movie , because theprotagonist s are on a journey through Iceland fromReykjavík to the east coast. At the same time, a gang of drug dealers, friends of the daughter, are in hot pursuit. This sounds a bit like a crime novel, but the author is more interested in the psychology of the relationship and in descriptions of Iceland's south and its nature, for example a sandstorm. In which Steinunn excels.Her second novel "Tímaþjófurinn" ("The Thief of Time", 1997) was also a big success. In this novel, the love between two teachers is in the center of the story. The woman is rather experienced and living in the High Society because of her family background, whereas her younger colleague is married and more concentrated on his work than she. The style of the novel is interesting: Poems are integrated in the text. In 1998, the novel was turned into a film in France under the title "Le Voleur de vie" directed by
Yves Angelo .External links
* http://www.bokmenntir.is (in Icelandic)
* http://edda.is/english/categories.asp?cat_id=603 (in English)
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