Böðvar Guðmundsson
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Böðvar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic writer born January 9, 1939. He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books. He is said to be best known for the novels Híbýli vindanna (1995; Where the Winds Dwell) and Lífsins tré (1996; Tree of Life) He has also done numerous translations of writers such as Roald Dahl and Heinrich Böll. He has also been a teacher and guest lecturer at the University of Bergen in the 1980s. He currently lives in Denmark and is still writing.