Guðrún Helgadóttir
Guðrún Helgadóttir ( born September 7, 1935 in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland ) is an Icelandic children's book author and politician (Alliance).
Life
Guðrún attended high school Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, where the Abitur ( Isl stúdentspróf ) took off in 1955. Between 1957 and 1967 she worked as a secretary. Between 1973 and 1980 Guðrún department head was ( Tryggingastofnun ríkisins ) at the Social Insurance Institution.
For the Alliance Guðrún sat 1978-1982 in the city council of Reykjavík and was 1979-1995 member of the Icelandic parliament Althingi. As the first woman she was between 1988 and 1991 its President.
In 1974 Gudrun's first book, Jón og Jón Bjarni Oddur, which was filmed in 1981 by Þráinn Bertelsson. 1979 her play Òvitar (English Infants ) was listed on the Icelandic National Theatre. In 1981 Guðrún the úr by Brian Pilkington illustrated book Ástarsaga fjöllunum (German Flumbra - An Icelandic Troll Story ), one of the most popular children's books in Iceland.
Work (selection)
- Jón og Jón Bjarni Oddur. Iðunn, Reykjavík 1974.
- Óvitar. Iðunn, Reykjavík 1979 ( play, 1979 are listed).
- Ástarsaga úr fjöllunum. Iðunn, Reykjavík 1981 (in German language: .. . Flumbra An Icelandic Troll Story ( German translation Helmut Lugmayr ) Vaka - Helgafell, Reykjavík 2012, ISBN 978-9979-2-2061-9, also translated into other languages ).
- Undan Illgresinu. With illustrations by Gunnar Karlsson. Iðunn, Reykjavík 1990, ISBN 9979-1-0516- X.
- Englajól. Vaka - Helgafell, Reykjavík 1997, ISBN 9979-2-1278-0.
- Oddaflug. Vaka - Helgafell, Reykjavík 2000, ISBN 9979-2-1506-2.