Ljóðorkulind

by Sigurður Pálsson

Ljóðorkulind er þriðja ljóðorkubókin, hinar fyrri eru Ljóðorkusvið (2006) og Ljóðorkuþörf (2009). Þessar þrjár ljóðabækur mynda afar sterka heild, einstaka hljómkviðu. Þótt form ljóðanna sé margbreytilegt er kjarninn ætíð hinn sami, þar fer fremst sérstæð og undursamleg fagurfræði, stundum galsafengin sýn á umhverfi og mann en undir niðri býr vitund um fögnuð lífsins og hugarflugsins.

75 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Sigurður studied French in Toulouse and Paris 1967-1968, and drama and literature studies in the Institut d'Etudes Théâtrales, Sorbonne, Paris 1968-1973 and again from 1978-1982, obtaining maîtrise and D.E.A. degrees. He studied also in the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, obtaining a cinema direction diploma. Pálsson works mainly as writer and translator. He has also worked as professor (University of Reykjavik and the National Academy of Dramatic Art) and cinema producer.

Nominated for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature in 1993. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in 1995, 2001 and again in 2007 for Minnisbók (Notebook from Memory) for which he finally got the Prize. Minnisbók is a memoir of his stay in France during 1967-1982, a playful, bittersweet, funny and charming description of an époque. He was awarded the annual Literary Prize of the Icelandic Radio 1999 and the Booksellers' Prize for Poetry, 2001.