Halldór Guðmundsson
Encyclopedia
Halldór Guðmundsson is an Iceland
ic author. He was also chairman of the publishing company Mál og menning and its successor after the merger with JPV, Forlagið.
His biography of Halldór Laxness
was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize
. The book has also appeared in English and German.
Halldór's 2006 book Skáldalíf, about Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson, was chosen best biography of the year by the Icelandic Booksellers' Association and nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize.
In We are all Icelanders (2009), he discusses how the financial crisis affected ten different Icelanders, including an architect, a politician and a kindergarten nurse.
In Mamutschkas Lebensrezepte, published in German, he tells the story of restaurant operator Marianne Kowalew.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic author. He was also chairman of the publishing company Mál og menning and its successor after the merger with JPV, Forlagið.
His biography of Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was a twentieth-century Icelandic writer. Throughout his career Laxness wrote poetry, newspaper articles, plays, travelogues, short stories, and novels...
was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize
Icelandic Literary Prize
The Icelandic Literary Prize , or Icelandic Literary Award, is an award which is given to two books each year by the Icelandic Publishers Association. The prize was founded on the association's centennial in 1989. One award is for fiction or poetry and the other for academic and non-fiction works...
. The book has also appeared in English and German.
Halldór's 2006 book Skáldalíf, about Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson, was chosen best biography of the year by the Icelandic Booksellers' Association and nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize.
In We are all Icelanders (2009), he discusses how the financial crisis affected ten different Icelanders, including an architect, a politician and a kindergarten nurse.
In Mamutschkas Lebensrezepte, published in German, he tells the story of restaurant operator Marianne Kowalew.
Publications
- Loksins, loksins: vefarinn mikli og upphaf íslenskra nútímabókmennta. Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 1987. OCLC 22972223
- Halldór Laxness—ævisaga. Reykjavík: JPV, 2004. ISBN 9979781610. English ed. trans. Philip Roughton: The Islander: A Biography of Halldór Laxness. London: Maclehose Press, Quercus, 2008. ISBN 9781847242846
- Skáldalíf: ofvitinn úr Suðursveit og skáldið á Skriðuklaustri. Reykjavík: JPV, 2006. ISBN 9789979798064
- Mamutschkas Lebensrezepte. Ed. and trans. Regina Kammerer. Munich: Random House-Bertelsmann, 2010. ISBN 9783442752287