Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962) is an Icelandic author, poet and playwright.

Biography

Kristín Ómarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík; she spent her first years in Copenhagen and lived for most of her childhood in Hafnarfjörður. She wrote her first play in 1985, which won her first prize in a playwriting competition run by The National Theater of Iceland.[1] [2] In 2000, her novel Elskan mín ég dey was nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize.[3] In 2005, she won Playwright of the Year at Gríman – The Icelandic Performing Arts Awards.[4] For the poetry book Sjáðu fegurð þína she was awarded Fjöruverðlaunin – the Icelandic Women's Literary Prize in 2008.[5]

Bibliography

Novels and stories

• Flækingurinn, 2015
• Eternal Reflections ("Eilífar speglanir" 2013)
• Milla ("Milla"2012)
• We Belong to the Same Darkness: Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo, ("Við tilheyrum sama myrkrinu" 2011)
• By the Bridge ("Hjá brúnni" 2009)
• A Story of a Small Crybaby ("Saga af lítilli grenjuskjóðu" 2008)
• Children in Reindeer Woods ("Hér" 2004)
• Happyness I & II ("Hamingjan hjálpi mér I og II" 2001)
• My love I Die ("Elskan mín ég dey" 1997)
• The Narrow Doors ("Dyrnar þröngu" 1995)
• Black Wedding Dresses ("Svartir brúðarkjólar" 1991)
• Once Upon a Time Stories ("Einu sinni sögur" 1991)
• "On A Journey at Yours'' ("Í ferðalagi hjá þér" 1987)

Poetry

• Spiders in Display Windows ("Kóngulær í sýningargluggum" 2017)
• See Your Beauty ("Sjáðu fegurð þína" 2008)
• Christmas Poems ("Jólaljóð" 2006)
• In and Out the Window ("Inn og útum gluggann" 2003)
• A Special Day ("Sérstakur dagur" 2000)
• Close Your Eyes and Think of Me ("Lokaðu augunum og hugsaðu um mig" 1998)
• Waitress at an Old Restaurant ("þerna á gömlu veitingahúsi" 1993)
• There is Fog in Our House ("Í húsinu okkar er þoka" 1987)

Other Books

• Audition, Gjöf til mín yðar hátign, Stars, 2014

Theatre and radio drama

• A Spider Sleeps in the Mirror ("Í speglingum sefur kónguló" 2011)
• The Big Mermaid ("Kuðungarnir" 2011)
• Short Stories ("Smásögur" 2007)
• The Hospital Ship ("Spítalaskipið" 2004)
• Tell Me Everything ("Segðu mér allt" 2004)
• My Friend the World's End ("Vinur minn heimsendir" 2003)
• The Birthday-Cake ("Afmælistertan" 2003)
• Many Women ("Margar konur" 2000)
• Margarethe the Great Radiodrama ("Margrét mikla útvarpsverk" 1999)
• Lovestory III ("Ástarsaga III" 1997)
• Margarethe the Great ("Margrét mikla" 1995)
• Trumpet of the Heart ("Hjartatrompet" 1990)
• Dreams Upside Down ("Draumar á hvolfi" 1987)

Exhibitions

• Audition (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, AceArtGallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 2008)
• Gjöf mín yðar hátign (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Listasafn Así, Reykjavik, 2011)
• Stars (In collaboration with Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, The Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, 2011)

Translated work

Danish

• Billie og Rafael, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2015
• Omstrejferen, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2018

English

• Waitress in Fall, Carcanet Press & Partus Press, 2018
• Children in Reindeer Woods, Open Letter Books, 2012
• In and Out the Window
• Poems in Brushstrokes of Blue: The Young Poets of Iceland

Finnish

• Olipa kerran tarinoita, Like, 1994

French

• T´es pas la seule à être morte, Le Cavalier Bleu, 2003

Galician

• Meu amor, eu morro, rinoceronte, 2015

German

• Ewige Speigelungen, 2015

Swedish

• Här, Kabusa Böcker, 2007
• Gud hjälpe mig I och II, Kabusa Böcker, 2003
• Älskling jag dör, Anamma, 1999

References

External links

• "Forlagið"
• Bokmenntir - on Kristín Ómarsdóttir
• Words Without Borders
• The City and the Writer
• A Saturday Afternoon with Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo
• Rumpus: Interview with Kristín Ómarsdóttir
• Iceland Wikipedia entry
• Oyeyemi, Helen (13 April 2012). "Under Siege". New York Times Sunday Book Review.