Böðvar Guðmundsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Böðvar.

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 done numerous translations of writers such as Roald Dahl and Heinrich Böll. He was a teacher and guest lecturer at the University of Bergen in the 1980s. He currently lives in Denmark and is still writing.

External links

Iceland literature site
His own statements, from the same site

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 78766609 LCCN: n87130751 ISNI: 0000 0000 7832 5850 GND: 141285036 BNF: cb12314080m

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Name	Guthmundsson, Bodvar
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Short description	Icelandic writer
Date of birth	1939
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