Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (* 1958 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic writer and best-selling author.
Ólafsdóttir teaches art history at the University of Reykjavík and is director of the Museum of the University of Iceland.
Awards
- Literature Prize of the city of Reykjavík, 2004
- Menningarverðlaun, 2008
- Prix Page of Libraires, 2010
Works
- Upphækkuð Jörd, 1998
- Rigning I November, 2004; in a German translation by Sabine Leskopf appeared as a butterfly in November. Novel. With forty-seven recipes and a knitting pattern, 356 S., Insel Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-17581-0
- Rosa Candida, 2007