Sigrun Eldjarn
N (b.1954) has written and illustrated high on fifty children’s books. She was the first author to receive the IBBY Iceland Prize Sogusteinn for her literary career in 2007, having received up to that point several awards and recognition for her work, among others the Reykjavik Children’s Literature Prize three times and nominations to the H.C. Andersen Award and The Nordic Council Children’s Literature Prize. Sigrun Eldjarn received the Cross of the Order of the Falcon for her contribution to culture for children in Iceland.
Title Awards
- Treasure in the Marsh (2024) — Icelandic Literary Prize, Nominated
- Treasure in the Marsh (2024) — Reykjavik Children's Book Prize, Nominated
- The Kerfuffle in the Marsh (2023) — CoR - The Reykjavik Children's Literature Prize for the best illustrations 2024, Nominated
- The Runaways on Shadowskerry (2013) — Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People's books, Nominated
- The Runaways on Shadowskerry (2013) — Icelandic Women's Literature Prize, Nominated
- Heart of Stone (2005) — Icelandic Bookseller's Prize 2005, Nominated
- The Frozen Toes (2004) — West-Nordic Literary Award, Nominated
