Gyrðir Elíasson

Gyrðir Elíasson ( born April 4, 1961 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic writer.

Life

Gyrðir grew up in Sauðárkrókur on the north west of Iceland, where he also attended school. Later he lived in the western part of the country in Borgarnes and Akranes and finally in Reykjavík. After his graduation in 1982, he studied at the Pedagogical University in Reykjavík. He is a full-time writer and has already published several books of poetry, novels and anthologies of short stories. He lives in Reykjavík, is married and has three daughters. For his work, the author has received several awards. In 1989 he received the Þórbergur Þórðarson - style price, 2000, he was awarded the Icelandic Literature Prize 2011, the Nordic Council Literature Prize he was awarded in Oslo.

Works

Poetry

• Svarthvít axlabönd, 1983
• Tvíbreitt ( svig ) Rum EDA Póesíbók numer EITT comma tvoe, 1984
• Bak við maríuglerið, 1985
• Einskonar höfuð LAUSN, 1985
• Blindfugl / Svartflug, 1986
• Haugrof, 1987
• Tvoe tungl, 1989
• Vetraráform to sumarferðalag, 1991
• Mold í skuggadal, 1992
• Indíánasumar, 1996
• Hugarfjallið, 1999
• Tvífundnaland, 2003
• Upplitað Myrkur, 2005
• Nokkur almenn ORD to kulnun Solar, 2009

Novels

• Transition Andi íkorni, 1987
• Svefnhjólið, 1990
• Næturluktin, 2001
• Hótelsumar, 2003
• Sandárbókin. Pastoralsónata, 2007

Short stories

• Bréfbátarigningin, 1988
• Heykvísl above gúmmískór, 1991
• Kvöld í ljósturninum, 1995
• Tregahornið, 1993
• Vatnsfólkið, 1997
• Trésmíði í eilífðinni above fleiri sögur, 1998
• Gula Husid, 2000
• Steintré, 2005
• Milli trjánna, 2009

Translations

• Richard Brautigan: Svo berist ekki burt með Vindum, 1989 ( So The Wind Will not Blow It All Away, 1982)
• Richard Brautigan: Silungsveiði í Ameríku, 1992 ( Trout Fishing in America, 1967)
• Forrest Carter: Uppvöxtur Litla trés, 1999 Kilja: 2000 ( The Education of Little Tree, 1977)
• Richard Brautigan: Vatnsmelónusykur, 1991 ( In Watermelon Sugar, 1968)
• Jim Heynen: Litla skólahúsið, 1995 ( The One - Room School House)
• Velma Wallis: Tvær gamlar Konur, 1995. ( Two Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival, 1993. )
• Velma Wallis: Fuglastúlka above maðurinn this elti Solina, 1997 ( Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska, 1996. )
• William Saroyan: Ég Heiti Aram, 1997 ( My Name is Aram, 1940)
• Several Ad SNUA aftur: ljóðaþýðingar, 2000
• Anwar Accawi: Drengurinn í Mánaturni, 2001 ( The Boy from the Tower of the Moon )
• Jay Parini: Endastöðin: Síðasta æviár Tolstoy, 2002 ( The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy 's Last Year, 1990)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer: Sögumaðurinn Naftali og hans Hesturinn, 2003 ( Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus: And Other Stories, 1976)
• William Saroyan: Geðbilun í ættinni above Adrar sögur, 2004 ( Madness in the Family, 1988)
• Natalie Babbitt: Fólkið this gat ekki Daid, 2005 ( Tuck Everlasting, 1975)
• Richard Brautigan: Ógæfusama konan: ferðalag, 2006 ( An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey, 1982)
• Several: Flautuleikur álengdar - ljóðaþýðingar, 2008

Appeared in German translation

• The Schlafrad ( Svefnhjólið, 1990), Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1996, ISBN 3-518-40754-6.
• Paper boats rain ( Bréfbátarigningin, 1991), Munster, New Directions, 1996, ISBN 3-930754 X -10.
• Pitchfork and rubber shoes ( Heykvísl above gúmmískór, 1991) that hear No. 42, 1997. Pp. 42-44.
• The short stories pitchfork and rubber shoes, a seal and the water people ( Vatnsfólkið, 1997), and several poems. In: Franz Gíslason, Sigurdur A. Magnusson, Wolfgang Schiffer ( ed.): Text Iceland. Bremerhaven: Wirtschaftsverlag NW, 2000 ISBN 978-3-897015708. .
• The Blue Horn ( Tregahornið, 1993), Munster, New Directions, 2001, ISBN 978-3-930754-27-4.
• A Squirrel with Wanderlust (Gang Andi íkorni, 1987), Zurich: Walde Graf, 2011 ISBN 978-3-03774-020-0. .
• At the Sand River. Pastoral Sonata ( Sandárbókin. Pastoralsónata, 2007), Zurich: Walde Graf, 2011 ISBN 978-3-03774-039-2. .
• Some general words about the common cold the sun (Icelandic / German ) ( Nokkur almenn ORD to kulnun Solar, 2009): Münster: New Directions, 2011, ISBN 978-3-930754-64-9.