Arndís Þórarinsdóttir (born 1982) is an Icelandic children's author.
Biography
editArndís studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, and took a BA in literature at the University of Iceland, and an MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.[1] She took a further MA in creative writing at the University of Iceland in 2018, with a thesis entitled Vetur fram á vor: Skáldsaga fyrir börn ("From Winter to Spring: A Novel for Children").[2][3] She is the head of the ancient and popular culture departments of the Bókasafn Kópavogs (Kópavogur Public Library).[4] She had joined the board of IBBY Iceland by 2008, and was its president around 2011.[5]
In 2019, her novel Nærbuxnanjósnararnir was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in the children's and young people's section,[6] and in 2020 her Blokkin á heimsenda, co-written with Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, won the Barnabókaverðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur (Guðrún Helgadóttir Children's Book Award).[7] Arndís's 2022 novel Kollhnís was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize.[8]
Works
editWriting
editIn addition to short stories for children and adults, Arndís has published:
- Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2011)
- Lyginni líkast (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2013)
- Sitthvað á sveimi: lestrarbók (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2014)
- Gleraugun hans Góa (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2015)
- Nærbuxnaverksmiðjan (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2018), ISBN 9789979339465
- Nærbuxnanjósnararnir (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2019)
- and Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, Blokkin á heimsenda (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2020)
- Bál tímans: Örlagasaga Möðruvallabókar í sjö hundruð ár (The Inferno of Time: The Adventures of a Vellum Manuscript over 700 Years) (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2021). Illustrated by Sigmundur Breiðfjörð Þorgeirsson.
- Kollhnís (Somersault) (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2022)
Translating
edit- Bjólfskviða: Forynjurnar og fræðimennirnir [translation of J. R. R. Tolkien 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'] (Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, 2013)
- Rosie Banks's Secret Kingdom series of children's books (Reykjavík: JPV).
Editing
edit- Örþrasir: ljóðakver Listafélagsins, ed. by Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, Vésteinn Valgarðsson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson ([Reykjavík: Skólafélagið], [1999])
See also
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External links
editReferences
edit- ^ 'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015.
- ^ Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, 'Blindur er brókarlaus maður', Hugrás: Vefrit Hugvísindasviðs Háskóla Íslands (15 October 2018).
- ^ Þórarinsdóttir, Arndís (October 2018). Vetur fram á vor: Skáldsaga fyrir börn (Thesis). hdl:1946/31707.
- ^ 'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015.
- ^ 'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015; http://bokvit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/hofundur-jatninga-mjolkurfernuskalds.html; cf. Kjartan, 'Grunnskólarnir hlusta', Fréttablaðið (29 March 2012), p. 34.
- ^ 'Tilnefningarnar afhjúpaðar', Morgunblaðið (1 December 2019).
- ^ 'Blokkin á heimsenda hlaut verðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur', Morgunblaðið (19 May 2020).
- ^ "The Icelandic Literary Prize and the Blood Drop, the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards 2022 announced".