Böðvar Guðmundsson
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.
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