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Sögur handa öllum
Bókin Sögur handa öllum, Veisla undir grjótvegg, Gefið hvort öðru og Undir eldfjalli.
First published January 1, 2001
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Svava Jakobsdóttir
20 books17 followersSvava Jakobsdóttir was one of the foremost Icelandic authors of the twentieth century. She was also a leading figure in the campaign for women's rights and wielded a great deal of influence in her own time, through her stories, plays and academic works.
She turned over a new page in the art of Icelandic literature and few would dispute the level of innovation that she brought to both subject matter and narrative style. She was a leading light and a breaker of tradition both in the field of literature and, later in life, literary criticism.
Svava was awarded her BA in English and American Literature from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1952. She studied Old Icelandic Literature at Somerville College, Oxford for a year and, later, also spent a year studying Modern Swedish Literature at the University of Uppsala.
Aside from her literary career, she worked at the foreign embassy in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960, taught in Icelandic schools, worked as a journalist and in television. Svava was a þingmaður (an Icelandic Member of Parliament) from 1971 to 1979.
From 1968 to 1971 she was president of the Writers' Society of Iceland, and sat on various boards and panels throughout her life, including the Nordic Council from 1971 to 1974.
Her first book was the collection of short stories Tólf konur (Twelve Women), which came out in 1965. Her literary career encompassed short stories, novels and plays, as well as essays, articles and scripts for radio.
She died in 2004, survived by her husband Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson and their son Jakob.
She turned over a new page in the art of Icelandic literature and few would dispute the level of innovation that she brought to both subject matter and narrative style. She was a leading light and a breaker of tradition both in the field of literature and, later in life, literary criticism.
Svava was awarded her BA in English and American Literature from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1952. She studied Old Icelandic Literature at Somerville College, Oxford for a year and, later, also spent a year studying Modern Swedish Literature at the University of Uppsala.
Aside from her literary career, she worked at the foreign embassy in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960, taught in Icelandic schools, worked as a journalist and in television. Svava was a þingmaður (an Icelandic Member of Parliament) from 1971 to 1979.
From 1968 to 1971 she was president of the Writers' Society of Iceland, and sat on various boards and panels throughout her life, including the Nordic Council from 1971 to 1974.
Her first book was the collection of short stories Tólf konur (Twelve Women), which came out in 1965. Her literary career encompassed short stories, novels and plays, as well as essays, articles and scripts for radio.
She died in 2004, survived by her husband Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson and their son Jakob.
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March 29, 2019
Frábærar allar 25.
March 3, 2016
Ég er algjörlega hugfangin af smásögunum hennar Svövu. Skil ekki hvernig hún hefur farið framhjá mér í öll þessi ár. Hárbeittar, flestar furðulegar, og gagnrýna tíma sem vonandi má segja að séu liðnir. Merkilegt hvað hún nær flottri sýn á hlutina.
May 24, 2023
Ok greinilega ekki alveg öllum.
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