Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir ( born January 21, 1949 in Hafnarfjörður ) is an Icelandic author.

You passed the final exam as a teacher at the Pedagogical University of Iceland in 1970 and received her Bachelor of Arts ( in German language and Icelandic) 1991. Further training in Germany and Denmark followed. From 1975 to 1988 she worked as a primary school teacher in Reykjavík. She then moved the profession and, like many other Icelandic writer worked as a journalist for the newspaper " Morgunblaðið ". She worked there until 1995.

The first novel by Kristin Marja " seagulls laughter " ( " Mávahlátur " ) was published in 1995. It's about the girl Agga, growing up in a small village in Iceland in poverty. One day her handsome aunt Freya appears from America and whirls the lives of the inhabitants of the village. - The book was a great success and was filmed under the same title.

In the novel ( " Kular af degi " ) "Cooling the crack of dawn ," the author tells of the teacher Thórsteina, which has a hot lover in France. The affection for a younger married colleague brings the arrogant woman back to the earth. The book recalls some of its content " The Time Thief " by Steinunn Sigurdardottir, but is written in a very different style.

Her novel rear doors strange ( " Hús úr HUSI " ) acts according to its own statement of the " dark side of the modern Icelandic society ," a 30 -year-old woman who works at rich people as a cleaning lady.

2006 saw her the novel The Eismalerin in German, in which it comes to a generation of women at the beginning of the 20th century in Iceland.

In addition, she has published a number of short stories. 2011 The colors of the island ( " Óreida á Striga ") was published in German in paperback.