Ragna_Sigurðardóttir

Ragna Sigurðardóttir

Ragna Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic writer, translator and artist

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ragna.

Ragna (Ragnheiður) Sigurðardóttir (born in Reykjavík on 10 August 1962) is an Icelandic writer, translator and artist.[1] She studied at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in the Netherlands and also spent time in Denmark. In addition she studied French at Aix-en-Provence.[2] In 1987 she debuted with a collection of her short stories and poems titled Stefnumót ("Date"), followed in by Fallegri en flugeldar ("More beautiful than fireworks", 1989), 27 herbergi ("27 rooms", 1991) and the novels Borg ("City", 1993), Skot ("Shot"), Strengir ("Strings"), Hið fullkomna landslag ("The Perfect Landscape", 2009) and Bónusstelpan ("The Cashier", 2011) In her career she has been long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award.[3][4]

She is married to the musician and allsherjargoði Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. The couple have two daughters together.[5]

References

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    "Ragna Sigurðardóttir | Interviews with Icelandic Authors | Icelandic Literature | Promotion and translations | Icelandic Literature Center | Miðstöð íslenskra bókmennta". islit.is. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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    "The Perfect Landscape | International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award". impacdublinaward.ie. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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    "Iceland Reads: The country of 320,000 punches well above its literary weight class | National Post". news.nationalpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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    "Impac longlist goes further than other prizes | Books | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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    Fann sinn farveg í tónlistinni og ásatrúnni. 23 April 2018. Morgunblaðið.
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