Sigurbjorg Thrastardottir

(b.1973) has published books of poetry, several plays, and novels. In addition, she has actively written for radio, newspapers, and magazines, and collaborated with visual artists and composers. A fine example of this is the work IS(not), a collaborative project with Polish illustrators and a band of women writers, Metropoetica, that researched European cities for many years. Thrastardottir’s narrative poem, Candlelight Vigils was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council’s Literature Prize and has been published in German and Swedish.

“The short-story collection of the year.”

MORGUNBLADID

“Thrastardottir uses her character and character’s experiences to ask questions, but the answers are subtle and depend on the reader’s own connections and interpretations.”

NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE

Awards

2013 – Akranes Town Artist
2003 – Akureyri Theatre Playwrite Competition: For the stand up play Maður og kona: Egglos (Man and Woman: Ovulation)
2002 – The Tómas Guðmundsson Literature Prize: Sólar saga (The Saga of Sól)
2001 – The Icelandic Booksellers Literature Award (poetry book of the year): Hnattflug (Circumnavigation)
2000 – The Tómas Guðmundsson Literature Prize, special recognition: Hnattflug 1998 – First, fourth and seventh prize in a poetry competition hosted by Stúdentablaðið journal at The University of Iceland