Thor Vilhjálmsson

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Thor Vilhjálmsson (IPA: [ˈtʰouːr ˈvɪlçaulmˌsɔn]) (born August 12, 1925, Edinburgh, Scotland) is an Icelandic writer. He has written novels, plays, poetry, and translations. In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel Grámosinn glóir.

[edit] Bibliography (partial)

• 1950 Maðurinn er alltaf einn
• 1954 Dagar mannsins
• 1957 Andlit í spegli dropans
• 1968 Fljótt, fljótt sagði fuglinn
• 1970 Óp bjöllunnar
• 1972 Folda : þrjár skýrslur
• 1975 Fuglaskottís
• 1976 Mánasigð
• 1977 Skuggar af skýjum
• 1979 Turnleikhúsið
• 1986 Grámosinn glóir (English translation Justice Undone ISBN 1899197109)
• 1989 Náttvíg
• 1994 Tvílýsi
• 1998 Morgunþula í stráum
• 2002 Sveigur

[edit] External links

• Site on Icelandic writers

v • d • e Recipients of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (List) 1962: Eyvind Johnson · 1963: Väinö Linna · 1964: Tarjei Vesaas · 1965: William Heinesen &: Olof Lagercrantz · 1966: Gunnar Ekelöf · 1967: Johan Borgen · 1968: Per Olof Sundman · 1969: Per Olov Enquist · 1970: Klaus Rifbjerg · 1971: Thorkild Hansen · 1972: Karl Vennberg · 1973: Veijo Meri · 1974: Villy Sørensen · 1975: Hannu Salama · 1976: Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson · 1977: Bo Carpelan · 1978: Kjartan Fløgstad · 1979: Ivar Lo-Johansson · 1980: Sara Lidman · 1981: Snorri Hjartarson · 1982: Sven Delblanc · 1983: Peter Seeberg · 1984: Göran Tunström · 1985: Antti Tuuri · 1986: Rói Patursson · 1987: Herbjørg Wassmo · 1988: Thor Vilhjálmsson · 1989: Dag Solstad · 1990: Tomas Tranströmer · 1991: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää · 1992: Friða Á. Sigurðardóttir · 1993: Peer Hultberg · 1994: Kerstin Ekman · 1995: Einar Már Guðmundsson · 1996: Øystein Lønn · 1997: Dorrit Willumsen · 1998: Tua Forsström · 1999: Pia Tafdrup · 2000: Henrik Nordbrandt · 2001: Jan Kjærstad · 2002: Lars Saabye Christensen · 2003: Eva Ström · 2004: Kari Hotakainen · 2005: Sjón · 2006: Göran Sonnevi · 2007: Sara Stridsberg