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Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 17 December 1963) is an Icelandic author.

Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Born (1963-12-17) 17 December 1963 (age 58)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupationauthor
NationalityIcelander
Jón Kalman Stefánsson in Aarhus Denmark November 2015.
Jón Kalman Stefánsson in Aarhus Denmark November 2015.

Biography


Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs after having finished high school.

From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the University of Iceland, but did not pass an important exam. During this time, Stefánsson taught courses at high schools and wrote articles for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið. Between 1992 and 1995, he lived off various jobs in Copenhagen, Denmark. Afterwards he returned to Iceland and worked as a librarian for the Municipal Library in Mosfellsbær. Since then he has been living as an independent author in Iceland.

In 2017 his novel fish have no feet was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.[1] He's been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize four times.[2]


Bibliography



Novels



Poetry



References


  1. "Jón Kalman Stefánsson Nominated for Booker Prize". The Reykjavik Grapevine. March 27, 2017.
  2. "Sidan kunde inte hittas | Nordiskt samarbete". Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2017-10-04.



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Jón Kalman Stefánsson (né le 17 décembre 1963 à Reykjavik) est un romancier et poète islandais[1].



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