Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born Reykjavík, 1958) is an Icelandic writer.^[1]

She works as an assistant professor of Art history and she is the director of the art museum of the University of Iceland.

Awards

• Writing Award of the city of Reykjavík, 2004
• Menningarverðlaun Award, 2008
• Prix Page des Libraires, 2010

Works

• Upphækkuð jörð (Elevated Ground), 1998
• Rigning í nóvember (La donna è un'isola), 2004, in English as 'Butterflies in November', in German as 'Ein Schmetterling in November' ^[2]
• Afleggjarinn (Rosa candida), 2009, in English as 'The Greenhouse', also translated into French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian^[3][4]
• Undantekningin – de arte poetica (The Exception), 2012

References

• (Spanish) Info
• (English) literature.is