Böðvar Guðmundsson

Böðvar Guðmundsson ( born January 9, 1939 on the farm in the district Kirkjubol Hvítársíða ) is an Icelandic writer and translator.

Life

After finishing high school in Reykjavík 1962 Böðvar Guðmundsson closed in 1969 be - Icelandic studies at the University of Iceland. From 1964 to 1965 he had studied in Germany. He worked as a substitute teacher in Iceland, and later as a lecturer at the Christian -Albrechts- University in Kiel and at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Iceland ( 1970-1972 ). From 1981 to 1983 he worked at the theater school of Iceland from 1983 to 1987 as a guest lecturer at the University of Bergen. Böðvar Guðmundsson now lives in Denmark.

Work

Böðvar Guðmundsson wrote poems, plays and novels. His first book, the poetry collection Austan Elivoga, his two novels about the emigration of Icelanders appeared in 1964. According to North America in the 19th century ( Híbýli vindanna and Lífsins tré ) enjoyed in Iceland enormous popularity, for the second novel in the series was Guðmundsson awarded in 1996, the Icelandic Literature Prize ( Íslensku Bókmenntaverðlaun ). 2009 appeared his most recent novel, Enn he Morgun that tells of a German Jew in the time of National Socialism. Its protagonist is the German linguist Bruno Kress modeled.

Böðvar Gudmundsson's historical novels have been translated into Danish and English, some poems are also translated into German. In addition Guðmundsson has children and adult books translated into Icelandic, including works by Heinrich Böll ( And did not say a single word ), Roald Dahl, Michael Ende, Mary Shelley ( Frankenstein ) and Astrid Lindgren.

Novels

• Bændabýti, 1990
• Híbýli vindanna, 1995
• Lífsins tré, 1996
• Sögur úr Síðunni, 2007
• He Enn Morgun, 2009